On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 01:11:44PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:19:27AM +0800, Peter Chen wrote:
> > the user should only select it when the board supports HNP and SRP,
> > it should NOT be selected if the board only supports dual-role
> > switch through ID pin.
> > 
> > There is a discussion for it:
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=139994896101516&w=2
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=139994881701504&w=2
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Chen <peter.c...@freescale.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/usb/core/Kconfig |   12 +++++++-----
> >  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
> > index cb8e991..158048b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/Kconfig
> > @@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ config USB_OTG
> >     default n
> >     help
> >       The most notable feature of USB OTG is support for a
> > -     "Dual-Role" device, which can act as either a device
> > -     or a host. The initial role is decided by the type of
> > -     plug inserted and can be changed later when two dual
> > -     role devices talk to each other.
> > +     otg device, which can act as either a device or a host.
> > +     The initial role is decided by the type of plug inserted
> > +     and can be changed using HNP (Host Negotiation Protocol)
> > +     later when two otg devices talk to each other.
> >  
> >       Select this only if your board has Mini-AB/Micro-AB
> > -     connector.
> > +     connector and supports HNP and SRP (Session Request Protocol).
> > +     If the board only supports dual-role switch through ID
> > +     pin, this configuration should not be selected.
> 
> That's really lame.  What happened to our "all modconfig should work"
> goal?  Why can't you dynamically detect that this is not a config that
> works and handle it?
> 
> And this is just the OTG "core", not any specific hardware, so why
> should it matter?

yeah, I'm with Greg here... we should find a better way to sort this
out.

-- 
balbi

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