Hi, On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 09:24:16AM +0000, Li Yang-R58472 wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Felipe Balbi [mailto:balbi@xxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 4:41 PM > > To: Chen Peter-B29397 > > Cc: balbi@xxxxxx; kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Li Yang-R58472; Greg KH; linux- > > usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [BUILD BREAK] usb: gadget: fsl_mxc_udc can't compile on > > current v3.8-rc3 > > > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 08:35:29AM +0000, Chen Peter-B29397 wrote: > > > > > I am working on it, but there are two versions, this one and > > chipidea's. > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I will send a patch to fix this problem. > > > > > > > > if you're already using chipidea, then send me a patch removing this > > > > driver and focus your effort on chipidea. > > > > > > > Added Sascha > > > > > > Now, not all of FSL i.mx USB can move to use chipidea due to some > > > platform and USB PHY problem. > > > > then we need to target fixing those problems and moving to chipidea > > completely at some point. There's no reason to duplicate efforts if we > > already have a re-usable driver in tree, right ? > > > > Let's fix this build break and focus on making sure all i.MX platforms > > can use chipidea so we can drop fsl udc on next merge window. That would > > be a great patchset to see. > > I do agree that we need move to use the chipidea driver and eventually > remove the fsl udc driver, but there were many users of the current > driver such as PowerPC and Coldfire platforms besides the i.MX > platforms. The support for them with chipidea driver could also be > broken for now. I would suggest to have a transitional period that > both drivers are kept while new development be based on the new > driver. right, right. That can be done as long as 'transitional period' isn't 20 years. At least make a plan to remove fsl udc, if it doesn't happen in the next 4 merge windows, I will remove it myself to force people to reuse other drivers. There is no reason to keep both drivers around. > Added Ramneek. What do you think of the current status for chipidea > driver on PowerPC platforms? that would be great to know, indeed. -- balbi
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