[PATCH v2 05/11] USB: chipidea: don't let probe fail if otg controller start one role failed

[Richard Zhao]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:48:15PM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> Richard Zhao <richard.zhao at freescale.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:10:33AM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> >> Richard Zhao <richard.zhao at freescale.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:38:23AM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> >> >> Richard Zhao <richard.zhao at freescale.com> writes:
> >> >> 
> >> >> > One role failed, but the other role will possiblly still work.
> >> >> > For example, when udc start failed, if plug in a host device,
> >> >> > it works.
> >> >> 
> >> >> If you're a host device, ci->role should be HOST at this point and
> >> >> ci_role_start() shouldn't fail. If ci->role is detected wrongly, the
> >> >> role detection must be fixed. If ci_role_start() fails for host, but it
> >> >> still works when it's called again after the id pin change is detected,
> >> >> again, the problem is elsewhere.
> >> > The check is only for OTG device. For single role device, it just fail
> >> > if it start the role failed.
> >> 
> >> Sorry, can you rephrase?
> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Richard Zhao <richard.zhao at freescale.com>
> >> >> > ---
> >> >> >  drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c |    7 +++++--
> >> >> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c b/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c
> >> >> > index 19ef324..8fd390a 100644
> >> >> > --- a/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c
> >> >> > +++ b/drivers/usb/chipidea/core.c
> >> >> > @@ -473,8 +473,11 @@ static int __devinit ci_hdrc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >> >> >  	ret = ci_role_start(ci, ci->role);
> >> >> >  	if (ret) {
> >> >> >  		dev_err(dev, "can't start %s role\n", ci_role(ci)->name);
> >> >> > -		ret = -ENODEV;
> >> >> > -		goto rm_wq;
> >> >> > +		ci->role = CI_ROLE_END;
> >> >> 
> >> >> So are you relying on id pin interrupt for initializing the role after
> >> >> this? Can you provide more details?
> >> > Yes. The ID pin detect still works. My case is, gadget role failed,
> >> > host role works. I was trying not to ruin host function.
> >> 
> >> But it shouldn't even try to start the gadget, because ci_otg_role()
> >> should set ci->role to HOST before ci_role_start() happens.
> > It depends on ID pin. If ID pin is gadget and gadget is not support well,
> > ci_role_start will fail. See below example.
> >> 
> >> Another question is, why does gadget start fail?
> > There's one example:
> > If usb phy don't support otg yet, otg_set_peripheral will fail, and
> > then cause udc_start fail.
> 
> So you should drop the CI13XXX_REQUIRE_TRANSCEIVER flag from imx
> platform data till the phy is fully implemented.
It's just an example. We can not assume udc_start always success. If it
fails, isn't it better to continue support of host than say game over?

Thanks
Richard
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Alex
>