Unfortunately I was not getting email notifications for this thread so I didn't realize there was work going on. This is awesome!

I am trying to quickly digest what all has happened since I looked last, there has been more than 20 pages of posts, so please excuse me for repeats. To summarize, it looks like
1. It is possible to force VBUS on by controlling bq24150 (I need to do some more reading here.)
2. host mode works by connecting to PC, use HNP, and then connecting to another device within 5 seconds (moving the state machine to b_host)
3. It is not yet possible to enter host mode without connecting to a PC first as described above.

Is this correct? Is there a wrapup of kernel patches somewhere?

Where I left off was getting a connection by forcing host mode w/ a power injecting cable, but the state machine entered the suspend state. Found some obvious places where that could cause problems but I haven't sat down to play with it again yet.

Thanks in advance.