On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:06:01PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > Hi, > > On Friday 19 July 2013 11:59 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:25:44AM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Friday 19 July 2013 11:13 AM, Greg KH wrote: > >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:07:10AM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > >>>>>>>> + ret = dev_set_name(&phy->dev, "%s.%d", dev_name(dev), id); > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Your naming is odd, no "phy" anywhere in it? You rely on the sender to > >>>>>>> never send a duplicate name.id pair? Why not create your own ids based > >>>>>>> on the number of phys in the system, like almost all other classes and > >>>>>>> subsystems do? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> hmm.. some PHY drivers use the id they provide to perform some of their > >>>>>> internal operation as in [1] (This is used only if a single PHY provider > >>>>>> implements multiple PHYS). Probably I'll add an option like PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO > >>>>>> to give the PHY drivers an option to use auto id. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> [1] -> > >>>>>> http://archive.arm.linux.org.uk/lurker/message/20130628.134308.4a8f7668.ca.html > >>>>> > >>>>> No, who cares about the id? No one outside of the phy core ever should, > >>>>> because you pass back the only pointer that they really do care about, > >>>>> if they need to do anything with the device. Use that, and then you can > >>>> > >>>> hmm.. ok. > >>>> > >>>>> rip out all of the "search for a phy by a string" logic, as that's not > >>>> > >>>> Actually this is needed for non-dt boot case. In the case of dt boot, we use a > >>>> phandle by which the controller can get a reference to the phy. But in the case > >>>> of non-dt boot, the controller can get a reference to the phy only by label. > >>> > >>> I don't understand. They registered the phy, and got back a pointer to > >>> it. Why can't they save it in their local structure to use it again > >>> later if needed? They should never have to "ask" for the device, as the > >> > >> One is a *PHY provider* driver which is a driver for some PHY device. This will > >> use phy_create to create the phy. > >> The other is a *PHY consumer* driver which might be any controller driver (can > >> be USB/SATA/PCIE). The PHY consumer will use phy_get to get a reference to the > >> phy (by *phandle* in the case of dt boot and *label* in the case of non-dt boot). > >>> device id might be unknown if there are multiple devices in the system. > >> > >> I agree with you on the device id part. That need not be known to the PHY driver. > > > > How does a consumer know which "label" to use in a non-dt system if > > there are multiple PHYs in the system? > > That should be passed using platform data. Ick, don't pass strings around, pass pointers. If you have platform data you can get to, then put the pointer there, don't use a "name". thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
