From 23e773c4860be63ba48a26b09aa6c37a44038198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heikki Krogerus Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:56:47 +0200 Subject: usb: USB Type-C connector class The purpose of USB Type-C connector class is to provide unified interface for the user space to get the status and basic information about USB Type-C connectors on a system, control over data role swapping, and when the port supports USB Power Delivery, also control over power role swapping and Alternate Modes. Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Felipe Balbi Tested-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman (cherry picked from commit fab9288428ec0fbd09adb67d3a17c51d78196f9c) --- Documentation/usb/typec.rst | 184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 184 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/usb/typec.rst (limited to 'Documentation/usb') diff --git a/Documentation/usb/typec.rst b/Documentation/usb/typec.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b67a46779de9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/usb/typec.rst @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ + +USB Type-C connector class +========================== + +Introduction +------------ + +The typec class is meant for describing the USB Type-C ports in a system to the +user space in unified fashion. The class is designed to provide nothing else +except the user space interface implementation in hope that it can be utilized +on as many platforms as possible. + +The platforms are expected to register every USB Type-C port they have with the +class. In a normal case the registration will be done by a USB Type-C or PD PHY +driver, but it may be a driver for firmware interface such as UCSI, driver for +USB PD controller or even driver for Thunderbolt3 controller. This document +considers the component registering the USB Type-C ports with the class as "port +driver". + +On top of showing the capabilities, the class also offer user space control over +the roles and alternate modes of ports, partners and cable plugs when the port +driver is capable of supporting those features. + +The class provides an API for the port drivers described in this document. The +attributes are described in Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-typec. + +User space interface +-------------------- +Every port will be presented as its own device under /sys/class/typec/. The +first port will be named "port0", the second "port1" and so on. + +When connected, the partner will be presented also as its own device under +/sys/class/typec/. The parent of the partner device will always be the port it +is attached to. The partner attached to port "port0" will be named +"port0-partner". Full path to the device would be +/sys/class/typec/port0/port0-partner/. + +The cable and the two plugs on it may also be optionally presented as their own +devices under /sys/class/typec/. The cable attached to the port "port0" port +will be named port0-cable and the plug on the SOP Prime end (see USB Power +Delivery Specification ch. 2.4) will be named "port0-plug0" and on the SOP +Double Prime end "port0-plug1". The parent of a cable will always be the port, +and the parent of the cable plugs will always be the cable. + +If the port, partner or cable plug supports Alternate Modes, every supported +Alternate Mode SVID will have their own device describing them. Note that the +Alternate Mode devices will not be attached to the typec class. The parent of an +alternate mode will be the device that supports it, so for example an alternate +mode of port0-partner will be presented under /sys/class/typec/port0-partner/. +Every mode that is supported will have its own group under the Alternate Mode +device named "mode", for example /sys/class/typec/port0//mode1/. The requests for entering/exiting a mode can be done with "active" +attribute file in that group. + +Driver API +---------- + +Registering the ports +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The port drivers will describe every Type-C port they control with struct +typec_capability data structure, and register them with the following API: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_register_port typec_unregister_port + +When registering the ports, the prefer_role member in struct typec_capability +deserves special notice. If the port that is being registered does not have +initial role preference, which means the port does not execute Try.SNK or +Try.SRC by default, the member must have value TYPEC_NO_PREFERRED_ROLE. +Otherwise if the port executes Try.SNK by default, the member must have value +TYPEC_DEVICE, and with Try.SRC the value must be TYPEC_HOST. + +Registering Partners +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After successful connection of a partner, the port driver needs to register the +partner with the class. Details about the partner need to be described in struct +typec_partner_desc. The class copies the details of the partner during +registration. The class offers the following API for registering/unregistering +partners. + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_register_partner typec_unregister_partner + +The class will provide a handle to struct typec_partner if the registration was +successful, or NULL. + +If the partner is USB Power Delivery capable, and the port driver is able to +show the result of Discover Identity command, the partner descriptor structure +should include handle to struct usb_pd_identity instance. The class will then +create a sysfs directory for the identity under the partner device. The result +of Discover Identity command can then be reported with the following API: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_partner_set_identity + +Registering Cables +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +After successful connection of a cable that supports USB Power Delivery +Structured VDM "Discover Identity", the port driver needs to register the cable +and one or two plugs, depending if there is CC Double Prime controller present +in the cable or not. So a cable capable of SOP Prime communication, but not SOP +Double Prime communication, should only have one plug registered. For more +information about SOP communication, please read chapter about it from the +latest USB Power Delivery specification. + +The plugs are represented as their own devices. The cable is registered first, +followed by registration of the cable plugs. The cable will be the parent device +for the plugs. Details about the cable need to be described in struct +typec_cable_desc and about a plug in struct typec_plug_desc. The class copies +the details during registration. The class offers the following API for +registering/unregistering cables and their plugs: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_register_cable typec_unregister_cable typec_register_plug + typec_unregister_plug + +The class will provide a handle to struct typec_cable and struct typec_plug if +the registration is successful, or NULL if it isn't. + +If the cable is USB Power Delivery capable, and the port driver is able to show +the result of Discover Identity command, the cable descriptor structure should +include handle to struct usb_pd_identity instance. The class will then create a +sysfs directory for the identity under the cable device. The result of Discover +Identity command can then be reported with the following API: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_cable_set_identity + +Notifications +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When the partner has executed a role change, or when the default roles change +during connection of a partner or cable, the port driver must use the following +APIs to report it to the class: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_set_data_role typec_set_pwr_role typec_set_vconn_role + typec_set_pwr_opmode + +Alternate Modes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +USB Type-C ports, partners and cable plugs may support Alternate Modes. Each +Alternate Mode will have identifier called SVID, which is either a Standard ID +given by USB-IF or vendor ID, and each supported SVID can have 1 - 6 modes. The +class provides struct typec_mode_desc for describing individual mode of a SVID, +and struct typec_altmode_desc which is a container for all the supported modes. + +Ports that support Alternate Modes need to register each SVID they support with +the following API: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_port_register_altmode + +If a partner or cable plug provides a list of SVIDs as response to USB Power +Delivery Structured VDM Discover SVIDs message, each SVID needs to be +registered. + +API for the partners: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_partner_register_altmode + +API for the Cable Plugs: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_plug_register_altmode + +So ports, partners and cable plugs will register the alternate modes with their +own functions, but the registration will always return a handle to struct +typec_altmode on success, or NULL. The unregistration will happen with the same +function: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_unregister_altmode + +If a partner or cable plug enters or exits a mode, the port driver needs to +notify the class with the following API: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/usb/typec/typec.c + :functions: typec_altmode_update_active -- cgit v1.2.3