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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] usb: type-c: USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface
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On Tue, 2016-02-16 at 11:22 +0200, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> > That question has not been answered. It would be awkward for the OS
> > to find itself in the slave role, which it is ill equipped for. So
> > the data role should be switched before the new device is announced
> > to user space. How is that handled?
>
> In the class driver, once we add support for preselecting the role,
> when the connection happens we compare the initial role to the
> preselected one and execute swap if it differs. Only after that we
> notify userspace.

Yes, but we need an API. We can't keep adding to it. So if that
is to be supported, it needs to be defined now.

Regards
Oliver


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