Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:37:20 -0400 | From | Alan Stern <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v16 6/7] usb: host: xhci-plat: Create platform device for onboard hubs in probe() |
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On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 01:27:40PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > Hi Mathias, > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 04:05:37PM +0300, Mathias Nyman wrote: > > If separate devices for controlling onboard hub power is the right solution then > > how about creating the onboard hub device in usb_add_hcd() (hcd.c), and > > store it in struct usb_hcd. > > > > A bit like how the roothub device is created, or PHYs are tuned. > > Sure, that sounds feasible, even better if it's handled in a single place > and different types of controllers don't have to add support separately.
Bear in mind that this would prevent you from working with onboard non-root hubs.
Alan Stern
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