Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add phy support for AM335X platform using GenericPHy framework

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Mon Jul 08 2013 - 15:44:43 EST


On 07/08/2013 12:43 PM, George Cherian wrote:
> This patch series adds phy support for AM335X platform.
> This patch series is based on Generic PHY framework [1].
>
>
> This series has
> - adds dual musb instances support for am335x platform (just for testing)
> - adds phy-amxxxx-usb driver used in AMxxxx platforms
> - adds dt bindings for the phys
> - removes usb-phy and replaced with generic phy apis in glue layer

No, I don't like this all. You did the one thing I tried to avoid while
posting my quick-and-dirty phy driver recently: You duplicated a lot of
code which can be served by the nop driver and added only power
on/power off callbacks.
In numbers:
> 7 files changed, 316 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
vs
2 files changed, 117 insertions, 12 deletions

I assumed you had also the OTG callbacks (set host/device mode) and
wake up but I don't see it there.
Adding a power regulator would do the same job, wouldn't it? If the phy
driver remains just doing power on/off I suggest simply adding a power
regulator. If it will do more I would move the am35xx specific bits
into a separate file and glue it to the nop driver.

What else? The abstraction in device tree is wrong. It remains wrong if
add stuff on top to it.
We need two nodes each one with a glue layer and a musb child node. The
instances crap in kernel has to vanish. Also that means your phy nodes
are wrong. This is not musb with two ports but two musb instances each
with one port.

Sebastian
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