Re: [PATCHv6 01/19] usb: otg: Rename otg_transceiver to usb_phy

From: Peter Chen
Date: Tue Nov 08 2011 - 20:22:52 EST


On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 11:27:12AM +0530, ABRAHAM, KISHON VIJAY wrote:
> Hi Heikki,
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Heikki Krogerus
> <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is the first step in separating USB transceivers from
> > USB OTG utilities.
> >
> > Includes fixes to IMX code from Sascha Hauer.
>
> I tend to defer with your opinion of renaming otg_transceiver to
> usb_phy. According to me otg_transceiver should program hardware
> mechanisms associated to VBUS, ID lines, etc.. and phy is responsible
> for transmitting data over differential data lines (with its own
> programming of phy_init, phy_shutdown, setting phy clocks etc..). So
> in my opinion otg_transceiver and usb_phy should be two different and
> separate entities.
>
I am a little puzzled, are there two separate analog usb parts at OMap
's usb part? What the transceiver do? And what the phy do?
> I would have preferred to rename otg_transceiver as usb_otg as the
> first step. (this differs from your implementation where you rename
> otg_transceiver to usb_phy and create a new structure usb_otg to
> separate otg members from usb_phy).
>
> But it should have been first rename otg_transceiver as usb_otg. Then
> create a new structure usb_phy to move all the phy specific
> implementation there. This kind of implementation will also help when
> we want to have independent phy drivers.
>
> Thanks
> Kishon
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Best Regards,
Peter Chen

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