Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] usb: typec: Product Type time

[Prashant Malani]

Hi Heikki,

Thanks for developing these patches :)

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 06:00:56PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> Hi Prashant,
> 
> The original discussion [1].
> 
> This proposal is in practice a compromise. I came to the conclusion
> that we probable should expose the product type separately after all.
> The reason for that is because we may in some cases actually know the
> product type even when we don't have access to the Discover Identity
> response. UCSI for example in practice gives us at least the cable
> product type even though it does not let us know the response to the
> Discover Identity command.
> 
> So my proposal here is that we add an attribute for the product type
> itself, showing the product type as a string. Then we also add the
> attribute for the product type specific VDOs which we place under the
> identity directory more or less the way you originally proposed.

Sounds good to me.

Best regards,

-Prashant