Re: Re: [PATCH v16 0/7] usb: misc: Add onboard_usb_hub driver

[Fabrice Gasnier]

On 10/15/21 8:39 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 02:38:55PM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:09 AM Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Greg,
>>>
>>> are there any actions pending or can this land in usb-testing?
>>>
>>> I confirmed that this series can be rebased on top of v5.15-rc2
>>> without conflicts.
>>
>> I'm quite interested to know what the next action items are, too. This
>> is one of the very few patches we have for trogdor (excluding MIPI
>> camera, which is a long story) that we're carrying downstream, so I'm
>> keenly interested in making sure it's unblocked (if, indeed, it's
>> blocked on anything).
>>
>> If folks feel that this needs more review eyes before landing again
>> then I'll try to find some time in the next week or two. If it's just
>> waiting for the merge window to open/close so it can have maximal bake
>> time, that's cool too. Please yell if there's something that I can do
>> to help, though! :-)
> 
> I would love more review-eyes on this please.
> 

Hi,

I noticed this series some time ago, and wanted to take a closer look.

The same issue this series address is seen on stm32 board for instance.
(arch/arm/boot/dts/stm32mp15xx-dkx.dtsi). On board HUB (not described in
the DT) is supplied by an always-on regulator.
So it could could be interesting/useful to address the same case ,
on stm32 boards, where USB2 (ehci-platform driver) is used currently.

I noticed a few things, especially on the dt-bindings. I've some
questions here.

In this series, RTS5411 is used. The dt-bindings documents it as a child
node of the USB controller. E.g.

&usb {
	usb_hub_2_0: hub@1 {
		...
	};

	usb_hub_3_0: hub@2 {
	};
}

I had a quick look at RTS5411 datasheet. It looks like there's an i2c
interface too.
- I guess the I2C interface isn't used in your case ?
  (I haven't checked what it could be used for...)

In the stm32 boards (stm32mp15xx-dkx), there's an usb2514b chip
- that also could be wired on I2C interface (0R mount option)
- unused on stm32 boards by default

usb2514b chip already has a dt-bindings (with compatible), and a driver:
- drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c
- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb251xb.txt

It is defined more as an i2c chip, so I'd expect it as an i2c child,
e.g. like:

&i2c {
	usb2514b@2c {
		compatible = "microchip,usb2514b";
		...
	};
};


This way, I don't see how it could be used together with onboard_usb_hub
driver ? (But I may have missed it)
Is it possible to use a phandle, instead of a child node ?

However, in the stm32mp15xx-dkx case, i2c interface isn't wired/used by
default. So obviously the i2c driver isn't used. In this case, could the
"microchip,usb2514b" be listed in onboard_usb_hub driver ?
(wouldn't it be redundant ?)

In this case it would be a child node of the usb DT node... Maybe that's
more a question for Rob: would it be "legal" regarding existing
dt-bindings ?


Thanks in advance
Best Regards,
Fabrice


> It's in my queue to review, I just need to spend the time on it, sorry
> for the delay.
> 
> greg k-h
>