Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] usb: hcd: Introduce CONFIG_USB_HCD_EXTERNAL_PHY option

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On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 08:47:36PM +0400, Valentine wrote:
> On 11/06/2013 08:39 PM, Alan Stern wrote:
> >On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 12:33:27AM +0400, Valentine Barshak wrote:
> >>>This adds external USB phy support to USB HCD driver that
> >>>allows to find and initialize external USB phy, bound to
> >>>the HCD when the HCD is added.
> >>>The usb_add_hcd function returns -EPROBE_DEFER if the USB
> >>>phy, bound to the HCD, is not ready.
> >>>If no USB phy is bound, the HCD is initialized as usual.
> >>>
> >>>Signed-off-by: Valentine Barshak <valentine.barshak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>---
> >>>  drivers/usb/core/hcd.c   | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>  drivers/usb/host/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
> >>>  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> >>>index d939521..da9c4ba 100644
> >>>--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> >>>+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> >>>@@ -2597,6 +2597,26 @@ int usb_add_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
> >>>  	int retval;
> >>>  	struct usb_device *rhdev;
> >>>
> >>>+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_HCD_EXTERNAL_PHY
> >
> >I don't see any reason to add a new Kconfig symbol.  Just use "#ifdef
> >USB_PHY" instead.
> 
> I just thought that most of the drivers would not need this code,
> so I added a config option which can be enabled only if necessary.
> I'll remove and use USB_PHY instead. Thanks.
> 
> >
> >>I think here would be a nicer location for a flag:
> >>
> >>if (hcd->has_external_phy) {
> >>	phy = usb_get_phy_dev();
> >>
> >>	....
> >>}
> >>
> >>that flag would get set by the glue driver (ehci-omap, ehci-msm,
> >>ohci-omap, etc), where necessary.
> >
> >The problem Valentine is facing is that the glue driver doesn't know
> >whether or not to set the flag.  The way he set it up, the decision is
> >pushed down into usb_get_phy_dev, which ought to have enough
> >information.
> 
> Exactly.

got it ;-)

-- 
balbi

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