Re: [PATCH 2/8] usb: typec: altmode: add low level altmode configuration helper

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 17:57, Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 4/16/24 16:48, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 at 17:32, Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> On 4/16/24 04:20, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> >>> In some obscure cases (Qualcomm PMIC Glink) altmode is completely
> >>> handled by the firmware. Linux does not get proper partner altmode info.
> >>> Instead we get the notification once the altmode is negotiated and
> >>> entered (or left). However even in such a case the driver has to switch
> >>> board components (muxes, switches and retimers) according to the altmode
> >>> selected by the hardware.
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> >>> We can not use existing typec_altmode_enter() / typec_altmode_exit() /
> >>> typec_altmode_notify() functions in such a case, since there is no
> >>> corresponding partner's altmode instance.
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> >>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> >> Should this now be called from e.g. typec_almode_notify to limit
> >> duplication?
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> > typec_altmode_notify works only if there is an altmode->partner (which
> > we don't have with pmic-glink).
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> Yes and this seems to be an excerpt from these functions, should they
> now drop that code and call this function instead, so as not to have
> it in the tree twice?

I thought about it, but then I abandoned this idea. The
typec_altmode_notify() has its own use case, normal altmode drivers.
It is an error to call it if there is no partner registered, etc. So I
wanted to preserve error checks in that function instead of dropping
them. The significant part of the code is shared anyway thanks to
typec_altmode_set_switches().

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With best wishes
Dmitry