Re: [PATCH] ARM: tegra: nyan: Mark all USB ports as host
From: Thierry Reding <hidden>
Date: 2016-11-08 11:27:16
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On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 09:47:42AM +0000, Jon Hunter wrote:
On 08/11/16 08:54, Peter De Schrijver wrote:quoted
On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 02:09:31PM +0000, Jon Hunter wrote:quoted
On 07/11/16 13:28, Thierry Reding wrote:quoted
* PGP Signed by an unknown key On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 12:28:52PM +0200, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:quoted
Nyan boards only have host USB ports (2 external, 1 internal), there is no OTG-enabled connector. Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <redacted> --- arch/arm/boot/dts/tegra124-nyan.dtsi | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)Where is this information coming from? I don't have one of the Nyans myself, but one of the Tegra132 devices I have, which I think was derived from one of the Nyans uses one of the external host ports as forced recovery port, for which it would need OTG. I suspect that the way to get U-Boot onto the Nyans is via tegrarcm? In that case I think one of the ports must be OTG.It is true that the port on the back on the nyan-big can be used with recovery mode. I was thinking that this is not a true OTG port as it is just a 4-pin type A socket and does not have an ID pin. Thinking some more about this the USB spec does include a "Host Negotiation Protocol (HNP)" that allows a host and device to swap roles and so keeping it as OTG seems valid afterall.I don't think the bootrom implements that though. I expect recovery mode to just program the controller in device mode, without performing any negotiation.I am not talking about the bootrom and I would not expect the bootrom to do that. However, the kernel could.
Either way, configuring the controller in device mode is enough to make the host detect it, otherwise tegrarcm wouldn't work. From the point of view of the binding I think "otg" is the most accurate option because we know that the controller can operate in both modes. If it currently doesn't or how exactly switching modes is done is outside the scope of this property. Is everyone okay with just dropping this patch? Thierry