On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:20:10AM +0000, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Maxime Ripard maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com wrote:
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 07:26:30AM +0000, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
The Bananapi M3 has a micro-USB OTG port. It supports both host and gadget mode. Having the OTG port operate in gadget mode is more useful, as we can use it for fastboot or Ethernet over USB.
The board has 2 other USB host ports that are supported. These can be used for connecting peripherals.
Signed-off-by: Chen-Yu Tsai wens@csie.org
configs/Sinovoip_BPI_M3_defconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/configs/Sinovoip_BPI_M3_defconfig b/configs/Sinovoip_BPI_M3_defconfig index f321d94e04eb..e48983fc3310 100644 --- a/configs/Sinovoip_BPI_M3_defconfig +++ b/configs/Sinovoip_BPI_M3_defconfig @@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ CONFIG_AXP_DCDC5_VOLT=1200 CONFIG_AXP_DLDO3_VOLT=2500 CONFIG_AXP_SW_ON=y CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y -CONFIG_USB_MUSB_HOST=y +CONFIG_USB_MUSB_GADGET=y
I wonder whether this could become the default.
As far as I can see, having it as host can only be useful on the tablets we support.
Maybe we can add a config option for tablets device, and if it's set, enable in host mode, and if not defaults to gadget.
Eventually, we could move all the options that are not really useful on anything but a tablet that we currently select, like USB_KEYBOARD
There are also the cases where the OTG controller is routed to a USB host port. These are likely set top boxes. It would probably be better to have the user be able to explicitly set it to gadget mode if they want to do development, but otherwise be in host mode by default.
I don't know, maybe I'm heavily (confirmation) biased, but I've seen far more people using the micro USB as a gadget (or at least, not as a host, just powering the board), than people using it as hosts.
Actually, apart from the boards that are wiring it to an USB-A connector, I haven't seen anyone use that kind of setup, ever.
For the tablets where it's your only option to interact with the device since you don't have any UARTs, it makes sense. Same thing for the ones that wire it to a USB-A connector. But for all the boards out there with a micro or mini USB connector that can power them, I really feel like the default should be to a gadget.
Maxime