Re: [PATCH 2/2] platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: Send mux configuration acknowledgment to EC

[Prashant Malani]

Hi Utkarsh,

On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 10:09:03PM -0800, Utkarsh Patel wrote:
> In some corner cases downgrade of the superspeed typec device(e.g. Dell
> typec Dock, apple dongle) was seen because before the SOC mux configuration
> finishes, EC starts configuring the next mux state.
> 
> With this change, once the SOC mux is configured, kernel will send an
> acknowledgment to EC via Host command EC_CMD_USB_PD_MUX_ACK [1].
> After sending the host event EC will wait for the acknowledgment from
> kernel before starting the PD negotiation for the next mux state. This
> helps to have a framework to build better error handling along with the
> synchronization of timing sensitive mux states.
> 
> This change also brings in corresponding EC header updates from the EC code
> base [1].
> 
> [1]:
> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/ec/+/refs/heads/master/include/ec_commands.h
> 
> Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Patel <utkarsh.h.patel@xxxxxxxxx>

I'm not sure what the maintainers' preference is for the header (same
patch or separate patch). FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Prashant Malani <pmalani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

-Prashant