RE: [RFC PATCH] drivers: phy: add generic PHY framework

[Chen Peter-B29397]

> 
> The PHY framework provides a set of API's for the PHY drivers to
> create/remove a PHY and the PHY users to obtain a reference to the PHY
> using or without using phandle. If the PHY users has to obtain a
> reference to
> the PHY without using phandle, the platform specfic intialization code
> (say
> from board file) should have already called phy_bind with the binding
> information. The binding information consists of phy's device name, phy
> user device name and an index. The index is used when the same phy user
> binds to mulitple phys.
> 

What's an example of "the same phy user binds to multiple phys"?
I only remembered that Felipe said there are two phy users for one single phy at 
omap5 that is both usb3 and sata uses the same phy.


 


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