[PATCH 1/3] usb: core: add power sequence for USB devices

[Peter Chen]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 03:23:05AM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 10:02:42AM +0800, Peter Chen wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 02:54:55PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 4:01 AM, Peter Chen <peter.chen at nxp.com> wrote:
> > > > Some hard-wired USB devices need to do power sequence to let the
> > > > device work normally, the typical power sequence like: enable USB
> > > > PHY clock, toggle reset pin, etc. But current Linux USB driver
> > > > lacks of such code to do it, it may cause some hard-wired USB devices
> > > > works abnormal or can't be recognized by controller at all.
> > > >
> > > > In this patch, it will do power on sequence at hub's probe for all
> > > > devices under this hub (includes root hub) if this device is described
> > > > at dts and there is a phandle "usb-pwrseq" for it. At hub_disconnect,
> > > > it will do power off sequence.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen at nxp.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  .../devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt         |  41 +++++-
> > > >  drivers/usb/core/Makefile                          |   2 +-
> > > >  drivers/usb/core/hub.c                             |  32 +++++
> > > >  drivers/usb/core/pwrseq.c                          | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  include/linux/usb/of.h                             |  10 ++
> > > >  5 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >  create mode 100644 drivers/usb/core/pwrseq.c
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt
> > > > index 1c35e7b..c7a298c 100644
> > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt
> > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt
> > > > @@ -13,8 +13,37 @@ Required properties:
> > > >  - reg: the port number which this device is connecting to, the range
> > > >    is 1-31.
> > > >
> > > > +Optional properties:
> > > > +- usb-pwrseq: the power sequence handler which need to do before this USB
> > > > +  device can work.
> > > > +- clocks: the input clock for USB device.
> > > > +- clock-frequency: the frequency for device's clock.
> > > > +- reset-gpios: Should specify the GPIO for reset.
> > > > +- reset-duration-us: the duration in microsecond for assert reset signal.
> > > 
> > > So we sorted out how to describe USB devices in DT, but now we don't
> > > use it?
> > 
> > We only know USB device after USB bus finds it, but without power
> > on sequence, the USB bus can't find it.
> 
> Not really true. Device tree says it exists, you just cannot see it
> yet. The fact it is in device tree means it is soldered on the board
> and really is there. So when the host controller enumerates the bus,
> it should run the power sequence of all child nodes to make them
> appear.
> 

Yes, it is my patch doing. My words "We only know USB device after USB
bus finds it" means the USB common code only create the USB device, and
assign its .of_node after USB bus finds it.

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Best Regards,
Peter Chen