12.08.2015 18:27, Madalin-Cristian Bucur пишет:
Then I could call only of_* functions but the end result would be the same
and of_phy_register_fixed_phy() would not justify its existence that much...
You didn't say you wanted to obsolete the of_phy_register_fixed_phy().
Since it is there (and even changed by me in a way your
patch will likely clash), IMHO it would be better if it is used,
rather than copy/pasted into the driver.
Please note I was referring to a fictional new function that would embed the call to
fixed_phy_register(). I was not talking about some existing API, just about a new
of_call named of_phy_register_fixed_phy() that would in the end be called by
of_phy_register_fixed_link() and by some drivers that want to get in the middle
of things and get a hold on status.
Hmm, and for exactly unknown reason in your pseudocode
of_phy_register_fixed_phy() doesn't take status as an argument. :)
So I didn't see its point.
If you fix your pseudo-code, you'll add the status argument,
because it is needed for fixed_phy_register() anyway.
After that, the drivers that want to provide the status, will
just use it rather than to call fixed_phy_register() directly.
And with my changes it really have even more merits to exist.
Maybe the fact we're reviewing two patches in one thread is what makes the
discussion less than optimal.
I guess the bugs in the pseudo-code made me to miss its point.
The getter for status you suggest would be fine, but not sure how one
would retrieve
it from the mac_node unless we change of_phy_register_fixed_link() to
return the
pointer to phy (and all the drivers that use it...).
If you look for instance to mvneta.c, you'll find the following:
---
err = of_phy_register_fixed_link(dn);
/* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
* to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC DT node.
*/
phy_node = of_node_get(dn);
...
phy = of_phy_find_device(dn);
---
So the answer is: just use the same mac_node for both.
I understand, I'll use this approach although is suboptimal imho to
Exactly!
But at least this way is used in many currently existing
drivers, while getting the fixed-link parameters directly from
DT - is a new way of circumventing the existing API.
So I'd vote for the currently existing hacks, and in fact
I already tried to start a discussion about getting rid of the
need for of_phy_find_device(), but it didn't go.
scan the device tree again to get a phy pointer that you need just
to get some of info that was parsed in a call you just made.
Maybe (just maybe) of_phy_register_fixed_link() could
return the phy_device pointer. At least it will solve your
problem very cheaply. But I am sure such API additions
require a separate discussion, can't be done in a context
of discussing a small fix. If you have some free time, feel
free to raise such a discussion with API extension proposals.
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