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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] usb: typec: altmode: add low level altmode
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To: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
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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@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>
>> Should this now be called from e.g. typec_almode_notify to limit
>> duplication?
> 
> typec_altmode_notify works only if there is an altmode->partner (which
> we don't have with pmic-glink).

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?

Konrad