Re: [PATCH 2/2] ehci-platform: Add support for controllers with big-endian regs / descriptors

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Jonas Gorski wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:17:42 -0500 (EST)
> Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 22 Jan 2014, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> > 
> > > If it's safe to set ehci->big_endian_{desc,mmio} from the _probe()
> > > routine, then maybe the pdata sets in _reset() should be moved into here
> > > instead of adding extra cludges/checks into _reset().
> > 
> > Why?  What difference would it make?
> 
> Effectivewise none, but to me it seems to be cleaner to set them once in
> probe() instead of everytime reset() is called.
> 
> I admit I don't know the code flow good enough if reset() is called
> more than once in the lifetime of a hcd device.

Only once.

> And as I said, it would allow doing the checks the patch adds for both
> DT and !DT, not just DT only.

That's true.  Or the checks could be moved into the probe routine.

Alan Stern

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