On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 06:15:02PM +0200, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 06/27/2013 01:20 AM, Mikko Perttunen wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:14:35 +0300, Stephen Warren
> > <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On 06/26/2013 03:59 AM, Mikko Perttunen wrote:
> >>> After this patch, usb vbus regulators for tegra usb phy devices can
> >>> be specified
> >>> with the device tree attribute vbus-supply = <&x> where x is a
> >>> regulator defined
> >>> in the device tree.
> >>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy-tegra-usb.c
> >>> b/drivers/usb/phy/phy-tegra-usb.c
> >>
> >>> @@ -250,12 +251,24 @@ static int utmip_pad_open(struct tegra_usb_phy
> >>> *phy)
> >>> return PTR_ERR(phy->pad_clk);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> + phy->vbus = devm_regulator_get(phy->dev, "vbus");
> >>> + /* On some boards, the VBUS regulator doesn't need to be
> >>> controlled */
> >>> + if (IS_ERR(phy->vbus)) {
> >>> + if (PTR_ERR(phy->vbus) == -ENODEV) {
> >>> + dev_notice(phy->dev, "no vbus regulator");
> >>> + phy->vbus = NULL;
> >>> + } else {
> >>> + return PTR_ERR(phy->vbus);
> >>> + }
> >>> + }
> >>
> >> I think this code should be added to some more core initialization
> >> function; IIRC, there are separate utmip_pad_open() and some other
> >> function for ULPI mode, and in the future there may be more for HSIC,
> >> etc.
> >
> > I don't think ULPI and VBUS have a VBUS pin, though. The pinmux doesn't
> > even list a pin for USB2 which is a ULPI/HSIC only controller.
>
> IIUC, ULPI, UTMI, and HSIC are just different physical layers for the
> USB data signals between Tegra and whatever is connected. Any of those
> could be translated to regular USB ports on the board. Certainly, UTMI
> is the common one for external ports, and we have Tegra boards with ULPI
> PHYs that translate to regular external ports. I don't know about HSIC;
> it's less common, but I see no reason one couldn't have a PHY that
> translates it to an external USB socket just like the rest.
>
AFAIK HSIC is meant to attach eg modems or other onboard peripherals to USB
without having the (power) overhead of a PHY on both host and device side.
Cheers,
Peter.
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