Re: [PATCH] usb: dwc3: add support for USB 2.0-only core configuration

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 12:05:15AM +0000, Paul Zimmerman wrote:
> > From: Felipe Balbi [mailto:balbi@xxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 4:42 PM
> > 
> > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:39:24AM -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote:
> > > Newer DWC3 controllers can be built for USB 2.0-only mode, where
> > > most of the USB 3.0 circuitry is left out. To support this mode,
> > > the driver must limit the speed programmed into the DCFG register
> > > to Hi-Speed or lower.
> > >
> > > Reads and writes to the PIPECTL register are left as-is, since
> > > they should be no-ops in USB 2.0-only mode. Calls to phy_init()
> > > etc. for the USB3 phy are also left as-is, since the no-op USB3
> > > phy should be used for USB 2.0-only mode controllers.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul Zimmerman <paulz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Hi Felipe,
> > >
> > > Does this look OK to you? I think it is fine to leave the PIPECTL
> > > accesses and the phy_init() calls as-is, but if you would prefer
> > > that I also conditionalize those I can do that. We have at least
> > > one customer who will need this feature fairly soon, so we would
> > > like to get this in without too much delay, although I guess we
> > > missed the 3.16 merge window.
> > 
> > I like this a lot :-) Very nice of Synopsys to support this
> > configuration. Could you just let me know which versions of the core
> > support this configuration ? We have AM437x which has this sort of
> > "quirk" although, I think it's done using a TI-specific "modification",
> > perhaps ?
> 
> It has been officially supported since 2.60a. But it's possible that
> customers have hacked up something like this on their own with previous
> versions, so the exact version number might not mean much. The patch
> should work for all versions of the core, because the
> DWC_USB3_SSPHY_INTERFACE bits have always been there, going back to
> preproduction versions of the core.
> 
> It has been pointed out to me that DT can already be used to limit the
> max speed, using the 'maximum-speed' property (duh). But I think we
> still want the patch for non-DT platforms like dwc3-pci.

certainly, this patch is very much apreciated. I'll get back to merging
as soon as I catch up with all other email noise I have waiting for me.

cheers

-- 
balbi

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


[Index of Archives]     [Linux Media]     [Linux Input]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]     [Old Linux USB Devel Archive]

  Powered by Linux