USB companion HUB for usb5744

From: Michal Simek
Date: Fri Sep 23 2022 - 09:09:09 EST


Hi Matthias,

I want to follow up with you on discussion we had couple of months ago around usb companion HUB series which is finally merged to the tree.
We are using USB5744 hub(4 ports), it supports USB3.0 functionality backward compatible with USB2.0.

To generic driver support for regulator and gpio reset was added.
In our case usb hub has i2c interface connected and hub expects initialization via i2c to start to operate.

In past you mentioned to create new file just for handling hubs itself.

Anyway from DT perspective I discussed description with Rob some time ago
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAL_JsqJZBbu+UXqUNdZwg-uv0PAsNg55026PTwhKr5wQtxCjVQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
where he wanted to use i2c-bus link.

It will end up with description like this.

usbhub0_2_0: hub@1 { /* u43 */
compatible = "usb424,2744";
reg = <1>;
i2c-bus = <&usbhub_i2c0>;
reset-gpios = <&slg7xl45106 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
peer-hub = <&usbhub0_3_0>;
};

usbhub0_3_0: hub@2 { /* u43 */
compatible = "usb424,5744";
reg = <2>;
i2c-bus = <&usbhub_i2c0>;
reset-gpios = <&slg7xl45106 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
peer-hub = <&usbhub0_2_0>;
};

In probe onboard_hub_power_on is called to toggle gpio line which we need and then we need to write 16 bits to basic initialization (or more for different one).
Marek also mentioned that he has another chip from Microchip where i2c address can be setup. I think it would be good to get any guidance how this should be integrated.

From my perspective i2c address should be described in DT.

Can we use any description like?
i2c-bus = <&usbhub_i2c0 0x2d>;

And initialization sequence via any property with uint32-array/uint16-array/uint8-array types.

Thanks,
Michal