Re: [PATCH v2] usb: dwc3: Add support for VBUS power control

[Rob Herring]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 8:38 AM Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 10-06-2020 22:22, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 02:09:15PM +0200, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> >> Support VBUS power control using regulator framework. Enables the regulator
> >> while the port is in host mode.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@xxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> v2: Add missing devm_regulator_get call which got lost during rebase
> >>
> >>   .../devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt          |  1 +
> >>   drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c                       | 34 ++++++++++++++-----
> >>   drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h                       |  4 +++
> >>   drivers/usb/dwc3/drd.c                        |  6 ++--
> >>   4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt
> >> index 9946ff9ba735..56bc3f238e2d 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt
> >> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Optional properties:
> >>    - phys: from the *Generic PHY* bindings
> >>    - phy-names: from the *Generic PHY* bindings; supported names are "usb2-phy"
> >>      or "usb3-phy".
> >> + - vbus-supply: Regulator handle that provides the VBUS power.
> > Does the DWC3 block require Vbus to power itself? Doubtful. This
> > belongs in a usb-connector node. If the DWC3 driver wants to get the
> > Vbus supply, it can fetch it from that node.
> >
> > Rob
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> Okay, I've been digging into that. But there's no actual driver that
> binds to a "usb-b-connector" compatible, so how do we get to the
> vbus-supply from there?
>
> [devm_]regulator_get only accepts a device as argument, and will not
> look into child nodes. The only way to get at the vbus of a child node
> (or a node linked through a port) would be to hand-code the equivalent
> of of_regulator_get(), which will not be acceptable.

Doesn't it look into child nodes calling of_get_child_regulator()?

You're right that it wouldn't work if graph is used. The connector has
to be either a child of a controller for the connector or the USB
controller. I'd expect you'd have the former for Type-C, but for
"usb-b-connector" the parent is more likely just the USB controller.

In any case, having a struct device shouldn't be a requirement and
most subsystems expose a get function only needing the DT node.

> Or is it the intention that I write a usb-X-connector device driver
> first that handles the vbus?

That's a kernel implementation detail that is independent of the
binding, but yes we'll probably need a driver or library helper
functions eventually. Note that it is possible to have a struct device
without a driver.

Rob