Re: [PATCH v2] usb: typec: qcom: Add support for per port VBUS detection

From: Konrad Dybcio

Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 09:26:56 EST


On 3/12/26 7:16 AM, Alexander Koskovich wrote:
> This is required for devices (e.g. ASUS ROG Phone 3) where more than
> one USB port can act as a sink and both share a single USBIN input on
> the PMIC.
>
> Because the PM8150B uses USBIN to determine VBUS presence, a charger
> connected to one port causes the PMIC to falsely detect VBUS on the
> other port, preventing it from entering source mode.
>
> For example, plugging a charger into one port prevents using the other
> port for a flash drive.
>
> Fix this by adding support for the vbus-gpios connector binding so the
> driver can use an external GPIO for per-port VBUS presence detection
> instead of the shared USBIN register.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Koskovich <akoskovich@xxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Dropped RFC prefix
> - Remove redundant vbus-detect-gpios, instead use existing vbus-gpios from usb-connector (Dmitry)
> - Updated cover to better describe scenario where this change is relevant
> - Update comment for EN_TRY_SRC to make more sense
> - Skip vSafe5V poll too not just vSafe0V
> - return gpiod_get_value_cansleep (Konrad)
> - regmap_update_bits -> regmap_set_bits (Konrad)
> - Get vbus-gpios per connector (Konrad)
> - Add bracket to if (IS_ERR(pmic_typec_port->vbus_detect_gpio)) (Bryan)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260308-qcom-typec-shared-vbus-v1-0-7d574b91052a@xxxxx
> ---
> drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/qcom/qcom_pmic_typec_port.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/qcom/qcom_pmic_typec_port.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/qcom/qcom_pmic_typec_port.c
> index 8051eaa46991..a8f6687a3522 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/qcom/qcom_pmic_typec_port.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/qcom/qcom_pmic_typec_port.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/delay.h>
> #include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
> #include <linux/interrupt.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> @@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ struct pmic_typec_port {
> bool vbus_enabled;
> struct mutex vbus_lock; /* VBUS state serialization */
>
> + struct gpio_desc *vbus_detect_gpio;

I'd like for this to include the word 'secondary', since it's not obvious
that if an external GPIO is at play, we have two ports connected in this
uhh non-standard fashion

perhaps just secondary_vbus_detect_gpio

Konrad