Hi Heikki, > > > > Hi Ajay, > > > > > > > > Here's the pretty much complete rewrite of the I/O handling that I > > > > was talking about. The first seven patches are not actually > > > > related to this stuff, but I'm including them here because the > > > > rest of the series is made on top of them. I'm including also that > > > > fix patch I send you earlier. > > > > > > > > After this it should be easier to handle quirks. My idea how to > > > > handle the multi-instance connector alt modes is that we "emulate" > > > > the PPM in ucsi_ccg.c in order to handle them, so ucsi.c is not > > > > touched at > > all. > > > > > > > > We can now get the connector alternate modes that the actual > > > > controller supplies during probe - before registering the ucsi > > > > interface > > > How can ucsi_ccg.c get the connector alternate modes before > > > registering ucsi interface? PPM reset, notification enable, etc. > > > is done during ucsi registration. UCSI spec says: > > > " The only commands the PPM is required to process in the "PPM Idle > > > (Notifications Disabled)" state are SET_NOTIFICATION_ENABLE and > > > PPM_RESE" > > > > > > Also, it doesn't look correct if ucsi_ccg.c has to replicate most of > > > the stuff done in ucsi_init() of ucsi.c. > > > > How about if we split ucsi_init() into a function that first simply > > constructs the struct ucsi and struct ucsi_connector instances without > > registering anything, and into separate functions that then register > > the ports, altmodes and what have you. I don't think that should be a > > huge problem. It will make ucsi.c even more like a library, which is > > probable > a good thing. > Do you mean the solution to follow steps (a->b->c->d1) or (a->b->c->d2) ? > a) ucsi_ccg.c calls first part of split ucsi_init() > b) ucsi_ccg.c uses ucsi_send_command() to collect actual alternate modes. > c) ucsi_ccg.c looks into actual alternate modes and squashes if duplicate > altmode found. > d1) ucsi_ccg.c calls new method to register connector alternate modes. > This method issues GET_ALTERNATE_MODES command again and ucsi_ccg.c is > expected to send squashed alternate mode. This will require changes in > .read(), .sync_write() and > .async_write() to make it appear as if the squashed data coming from the ppm. > OR > d2) ucsi_ccg.c calls new method to register squashed connector alternate > modes. > This method doesn't issue GET_ALTERNATE_MODES commands to PPM but > simply registers the alternate mode values passed to this function. > > If you mean the (a->b->c->d2) solution then it looks fine to me and would wait > for patches from you. This solution would mean that GET_ALTERNATE_MODES > for connector is done only by each ucsi_xxx.c and not by ucsi.c
I am waiting for your comments on this. Thanks > nvpublic > > I can prepare patches for that too if you like? > > After that you should be able to get the struct ucsi instance that > > represents the "real" PPM without registering anything by calling a > > single function, most likely ucsi_init(). And after getting that you > > can construct the connector alternate modes that we actually register. > > Finally you register the final interface which does not use > > ucsi_ccg_ops, but instead something like ucsi_nvidia_ops. > I didn't understand this part. ucsi_ccg_ops has .read(), .sync_write() and > .async_write() interface and they remain same for all ucsi_ccg controllers. > > Thanks > > How would this sound to you? > > > > Br, > > > > -- > > heikki
