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  14. main.cc
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  27. port_manager_test.cc
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  29. README.md
  30. session_manager_observer_interface.h
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typecd/README.md

typecd: The Chrome OS USB Type C Daemon

ABOUT

typecd is a system daemon for tracking the state of various USB Type C ports and connected peripherals on a Chromebook. It interfaces with the Linux Type C connector class framework to obtain notifications about Type C events, and to pull updated information about ports and port-partners state.

CLASS ORGANIZATION

The general structure of the classes is best illustrated by a few diagrams:

                         Daemon
                           |
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        ------------------------------------------
        |                                         |
        |                                         |
        |                                         |
        |                                         |
   UdevMonitor    ---typec- udev- events--->   PortManager

UdevMonitor

All communication and event notification between the Linux Kernel Type C connector class framework and typecd occurs through the udev mechanism. This class watches for any events of the typec subsystem. Other classes (in this case, PortManager) can register Observers with UdevMonitor. When any notification occurs, UdevMonitor calls the relevant function callback from the registered Observers.

This class has basic parsing to determine which Observer should be called (is this a port/partner/cable notification? is it add/remove/change?)

PortManager

This class maintains a representation of all the state of a typec port exposed by the Type C connector class via sysfs. The primary entity for PortManager is a Port.

           PortManager(UdevMonitor::Observer)
                           |
                           |
                           |
        ---------------------------------------
        |        |                            |
        |        |                            |
        |        |                            |
      Port0    Port1     ....               PortN

PortManager sub-classes UdevMonitor::Observer, and registers itself to receive typec event notifications. In turn, it routes the notifications to the relevant object (Port, Partner, Cable) that the notification affects.

Port

This class represents a physical Type C connector on the host, along with components that are connected to it. Each Port has a sysfs path associated with it of the form /sys/class/typec/portX where all the data (including relevant PD information) is exposed by the kernel. On udev events this sysfs directory is read to update the Port's in-memory state. A Port can be detailed as follows:

                      Port
                       |
                       |
        -----------------------------------------------------------
        |                                 |                        |
        |                                 |                        |
  (sysfs path info)                    Partner                   Cable
Partner

This class represents a device/peripheral connected to a Port. There can only be 1 partner for each Port. Each Partner has a sysfs path associated with it of the form /sys/class/typec/portX-partner where all the data (including relevant PD information) is exposed by the kernel. On udev events this sysfs directory is read to update the Partner's in-memory state.

This class also stores a list of Alternate Modes which are supported by the partner. Each Alternate mode is given an index according to the index ascribed to it by the kernel.

                    Partner
                       |
                       |
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------
        |                        |                   |          |               |
        |                        |                   |          |               |
  (sysfs path info)      PD Identity info        AltMode0    AltMode1  ...   AltModeN

There are getters and setters to access the PD identity information (for example, {Get,Set}ProductVDO()). There are also functions to retrieve information associated with partner altmodes, like getting a pointer to an altmode (GetAltMode()).

Cable

This class represents a cable that connects a Port to a Partner. There can only be 1 cable for each Port. Each Cable has a sysfs path associated with it of the form /sys/class/typec/portX-cable where the PD identity data is exposed by the kernel.

This class also stores a list of Alternate Modes which are supported by the cable. Each Alternate mode is given an index according to the index ascribed to it by the kernel. At present only SOP' cable plug alt modes are supported. Even though each cable plug (i.e SOP' and SOP'') has its own device and sysfs path (of the form /sys/class/typec/portX-plug.{0|1}), since the Chrome OS Embedded Controller (EC) only enumerates SOP' alt modes, we don‘t create a separate class and instead just list the Alternate Modes of SOP’ as belonging to the associated Cable.

When UdevMonitor receives an add event for a SOP' plug device, the Cable code searches through the corresponding sysfs file and adds all the Alternate Modes associated with that file. We do this because the Type C connector class doesn‘t generate udev events for individual SOP’ cable plug alternate mode additions. TODO(b/174703000): Investigate why this is happening and fix it in the kernel.

                     Cable
                       |
                       |
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        |                        |                    |                |                    |
        |                        |                    |                |                    |
  (sysfs path info)      PD Identity info        SOP' AltMode0    SOP' AltMode1  ...   SOP' AltModeN

There are getters and setters to access the PD identity information (for example, {Get,Set}ProductVDO()). There are also functions to retrieve information associated with partner altmodes, like getting a pointer to an altmode (GetAltMode()).