Message ID | 20220412130023.83927-1-heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | usb: typec: Separate sysfs directory for all USB PD objects | expand |
On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 04:00:20PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote: > Hi, > > In this version the USB Power Delivery support is now completely > separated into its own little subsystem. The USB Power Delivery > objects are not devices, but they are also no longer tied to any > device by default. This change makes it possible to share the USB PD > objects between multiple devices on top of being able to select the > objects that we want the device to use. > > The USB Power Delivery objects are now placed under > /sys/kernel/usb_power_delivery directory. As an example: > > /sys/kernel/usb_power_delivery/pd0 No, sorry, this is a device, it does NOT belong in /sys/kernel/ And this really should be a real device, as I mentioned before, not a kobject. > So now that pd0 can be linked to a device, or devices, that want (or > can) use it to negotiate the USB PD contract with. An example where > two devices share the PD: > > /sys/class/typec/port0/usb_power_delivery -> ../../../../../../../kernel/usb_power_delivery/pd0 > /sys/class/typec/port1/usb_power_delivery -> ../../../../../../../kernel/usb_power_delivery/pd0 Point to the pd device, not the kobject. > I did not change the directory hierarchy at all, because I'm assuming > that it is not a problem anymore: > > pd0/<message>/<object>/<field> Let's get back to devices first, worry about crazy depth second. thanks, greg k-h
Hi Greg, On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 04:38:33PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 04:00:20PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In this version the USB Power Delivery support is now completely > > separated into its own little subsystem. The USB Power Delivery > > objects are not devices, but they are also no longer tied to any > > device by default. This change makes it possible to share the USB PD > > objects between multiple devices on top of being able to select the > > objects that we want the device to use. > > > > The USB Power Delivery objects are now placed under > > /sys/kernel/usb_power_delivery directory. As an example: > > > > /sys/kernel/usb_power_delivery/pd0 > > No, sorry, this is a device, it does NOT belong in /sys/kernel/ > > And this really should be a real device, as I mentioned before, not a > kobject. Okay. I had to do this proposal to be sure (nobody answered my question in v1). Sorry. I'll make these into devices. USB Power Delivery shall be the device class for them. > > So now that pd0 can be linked to a device, or devices, that want (or > > can) use it to negotiate the USB PD contract with. An example where > > two devices share the PD: > > > > /sys/class/typec/port0/usb_power_delivery -> ../../../../../../../kernel/usb_power_delivery/pd0 > > /sys/class/typec/port1/usb_power_delivery -> ../../../../../../../kernel/usb_power_delivery/pd0 > > Point to the pd device, not the kobject. > > > I did not change the directory hierarchy at all, because I'm assuming > > that it is not a problem anymore: > > > > pd0/<message>/<object>/<field> > > Let's get back to devices first, worry about crazy depth second. Thanks,