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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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Intel North Mux-Agent
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Introduction
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============
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North Mux-Agent is a function of the Intel PMC firmware that is supported on
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most Intel based platforms that have the PMC microcontroller. It's used for
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configuring the various USB Multiplexer/DeMultiplexers on the system. The
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platforms that allow the mux-agent to be configured from the operating system
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have an ACPI device object (node) with HID "INTC105C" that represents it.
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The North Mux-Agent (aka. Intel PMC Mux Control, or just mux-agent) driver
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communicates with the PMC microcontroller by using the PMC IPC method
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(drivers/platform/x86/intel_scu_ipc.c). The driver registers with the USB Type-C
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Mux Class which allows the USB Type-C Controller and Interface drivers to
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configure the cable plug orientation and mode (with Alternate Modes). The driver
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also registers with the USB Role Class in order to support both USB Host and
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Device modes. The driver is located here: drivers/usb/typec/mux/intel_pmc_mux.c.
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Port nodes
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General
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-------
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For every USB Type-C connector under the mux-agent control on the system, there
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is a separate child node under the PMC mux-agent device node. Those nodes do not
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represent the actual connectors, but instead the "channels" in the mux-agent
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that are associated with the connectors::
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Scope (_SB.PCI0.PMC.MUX)
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{
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Device (CH0)
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{
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Name (_ADR, 0)
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}
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Device (CH1)
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{
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Name (_ADR, 1)
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}
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}
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_PLD (Physical Location of Device)
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----------------------------------
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The optional _PLD object can be used with the port (the channel) nodes. If _PLD
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is supplied, it should match the connector node _PLD::
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Scope (_SB.PCI0.PMC.MUX)
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{
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Device (CH0)
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{
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Name (_ADR, 0)
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Method (_PLD, 0, NotSerialized)
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{
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/* Consider this as pseudocode. */
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Return (\_SB.USBC.CON0._PLD())
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}
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}
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}
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Mux-agent specific _DSD Device Properties
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Port Numbers
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In order to configure the muxes behind a USB Type-C connector, the PMC firmware
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needs to know the USB2 port and the USB3 port that is associated with the
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connector. The driver extracts the correct port numbers by reading specific _DSD
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device properties named "usb2-port-number" and "usb3-port-number". These
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properties have integer value that means the port index. The port index number
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is 1's based, and value 0 is illegal. The driver uses the numbers extracted from
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these device properties as-is when sending the mux-agent specific messages to
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the PMC::
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Name (_DSD, Package () {
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ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
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Package() {
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Package () {"usb2-port-number", 6},
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Package () {"usb3-port-number", 3},
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},
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})
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Orientation
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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Depending on the platform, the data and SBU lines coming from the connector may
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be "fixed" from the mux-agent's point of view, which means the mux-agent driver
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should not configure them according to the cable plug orientation. This can
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happen for example if a retimer on the platform handles the cable plug
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orientation. The driver uses a specific device properties "sbu-orientation"
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(SBU) and "hsl-orientation" (data) to know if those lines are "fixed", and to
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which orientation. The value that these properties have is a string value, and
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it can be one that is defined for the USB Type-C connector orientation: "normal"
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or "reversed"::
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Name (_DSD, Package () {
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ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
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Package() {
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Package () {"sbu-orientation", "normal"},
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Package () {"hsl-orientation", "normal"},
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},
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})
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Example ASL
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The following ASL is an example that shows the mux-agent node, and two
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connectors under its control::
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Scope (_SB.PCI0.PMC)
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{
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Device (MUX)
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{
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Name (_HID, "INTC105C")
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Device (CH0)
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{
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Name (_ADR, 0)
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Name (_DSD, Package () {
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ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
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Package() {
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Package () {"usb2-port-number", 6},
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Package () {"usb3-port-number", 3},
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Package () {"sbu-orientation", "normal"},
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Package () {"hsl-orientation", "normal"},
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},
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})
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}
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Device (CH1)
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{
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Name (_ADR, 1)
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Name (_DSD, Package () {
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ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
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Package() {
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Package () {"usb2-port-number", 5},
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Package () {"usb3-port-number", 2},
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Package () {"sbu-orientation", "normal"},
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Package () {"hsl-orientation", "normal"},
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},
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})
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}
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}
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}
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