[PATCH v4 2/2] usb: dwc3: Add Google Tensor SoC DWC3 glue driver

Roy Luo royluo at google.com
Wed Nov 5 18:38:56 PST 2025


On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen at synopsys.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 04, 2025, Roy Luo wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen at synopsys.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2025, Roy Luo wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM Thinh Nguyen <Thinh.Nguyen at synopsys.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > In dwc3_google_suspend(), looks like is_hibernation is set after you
> > > enable pme irq, probably very unlikely, but can the interrupt be
> > > asserted then? If so, will there be another interrupt asserted?
> > > Otherwise the current logic may think it was spurious interrupt a miss
> > > an event.
> >
> > The pme interrupt can only be asserted after controller is in
> > hibernation, that is, after the usb psw dom is turned off and
> > the dwc3_google_usb_psw_pd_notifier() callback is
> > completed. So no, the interrupt won't fire before is_hibernation
> > is set.
>
> Thanks for the confirmation.
>
>
> <snip>
>
>
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm still trying to wrap my head around how usb_top_pd, usb_psw_pd, and
> > > > > the google->dev are working together in the glue here, particularly why
> > > > > usb_top_pd is needed. It seems usb_top_pd shouldn't be handled by this
> > > > > glued? Do you do anything except setting wakeup-capable?
> > > > >
> > > > > BR,
> > > > > Thinh
> > > >
> > > > To provide more context, the underlying usb power domain has 3 power
> > > > states: Full Power, Power Gated, Off. The usb_top_pd and usb_psw_pd
> > > > are the logical power domains to represent the 3 power states.
> > > > - Full Power:     usb_psw_pd ON,   usb_top_p ON.
> > > > - Power Gated: usb_psw_pd OFF, usb_top_p ON.
> > > > - Off:                 usb_psw_pd OFF, usb_top_p OFF.
> > > >
> > > > To enter hibernation, the usb power domain must enter Power Gated
> > > > state. To achieve this, this glue driver holds a handle to usb_top_pd
> > > > and would cast a vote to keep it ON when attempting to enter
> > > > hibernation. In addition, the usb_psw_pd runtime PM is directly tied
> > > > to google->dev so that usb_psw_pd would be OFF when google->dev
> > > > suspends. Together, the usb power domain would reach Power Gated
> > > > state when device suspends.
> > > >
> > > > I hope this information helps.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes. This is very helpful.
> > >
> > > So, while the glue driver is bound, usb_top_pd is always ON? Even when
> > > xhci driver is not bound or when in device mode?
> >
> > Since usb_top_pd is the parent power domain of usb_psw_pd, and
> > usb_psw_pd RPM is directly tied to glue device, usb_top_pd would
> > be ON when glue device is active (because usb_psw_pd is ON)
> > and would be OFF when glue device suspends in non-hibernation
> > scenarios (because usb_psw_pd is OFF). In hibernation scenario,
> > a vote is casted for usb_top_pd to keep it on even when the
> > glue device is suspended and usb_psw_pd is OFF.
> >
> > To your question, usb_top_pd is not always ON because it would be
> > turned off when the glue device suspends in non-hibernation scenario.
> > When in device mode and provided dwc3 dev is active, usb_top_pd
> > would be ON because its child usb_psw_pd is ON.
> >
>
> Thanks for the clarification and bearing with my questions.
>
> If there's no device connected, do you role-switch back to default mode?
> Often I see that the role-switch is defaulted to peripheral and switch
> to default mode if there's no connection.

Yes, the default mode would be peripheral and it would switch
to peripheral mode if there's no connection.

>
> I want to check the case where the device may wakeup by connection but
> cannot because it is not in host mode. Do you have a separate
> TCPC/connector that can wakeup the system on attachment?

Yes, there's a separate TCPC/connector to trigger a role
switch when there's an incoming connection.

Regards,
Roy Luo

>
> BR,
> Thinh



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