Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] usb: Reuse fsl driver code for synopsys usb controller

From: Alan Stern
Date: Sun Apr 20 2014 - 13:57:06 EST


On Sun, 20 Apr 2014, Punnaiah Choudary Kalluri wrote:

> Zynq soc contains a dual role usb controller and this IP is from synopsys. We
> observed that there is driver available for this controller from freescale and
> decided to reuse this driver for zynq use.
>
> Here is the link for zynq soc TRM. Please refer chapter 15 for usb controller
> related information.
> http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/user_guides/ug585-Zynq-7000-TRM.pdf
>
> The following series of patches add initial support for zynq soc in fsl gadget controller
> driver and fsl host controller driver.
>
> Based on these patches, I have the following concerns and sugesstions
>
> Since the freescale usb driver is for synopsys IP, Please consider rebranding
> this driver name and config options to reflect that it is a sysnopsys IP. So
> that other vendors who using this IP can reuse thie driver.
>
> Also the ehci-fsl.c is for powerpc based soc's, and zynq is ARM based, i have
> protected the code which is specifc to freescale with CONFIG_FSL_SOC. Please
> suggest if there is a better way of doing this?

Filling the code with #ifdef lines is definitely not a good way to go.
Ordinary "if" statements would be a lot better, if you can't figure out
a reasonable way to encapsulate the differences.

Alan Stern

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