Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] dt-bindings: phy: add binding for Allwinner USB3 PHY

[Rob Herring]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 10:20 AM Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> ä 2018å7æ12æ GMT+08:00 äå12:13:56, Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> åå:
> >On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 11:38:02PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> >> The new Allwinner H6 SoC contains a USB3 PHY that is wired to the
> >> external USB3 pins of the SoC.
> >>
> >> Add a device tree binding for the PHY.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Splitted from the PHY driver patch in v1.
> >>
> >>  .../bindings/phy/sun50i-usb3-phy.txt          | 24
> >+++++++++++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644
> >Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/sun50i-usb3-phy.txt
> >>
> >> diff --git
> >a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/sun50i-usb3-phy.txt
> >b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/sun50i-usb3-phy.txt
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..912d55f9f69d
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/phy/sun50i-usb3-phy.txt
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> >> +Allwinner sun50i USB3 PHY
> >> +-----------------------
> >> +
> >> +Required properties:
> >> +- compatible : should be one of
> >> +  * allwinner,sun60i-h6-usb3-phy
> >> +- reg : a list of offset + length pairs
> >> +- #phy-cells : from the generic phy bindings, must be 0
> >> +- clocks : phandle + clock specifier for the phy clock
> >> +- resets : phandle + reset specifier for the phy reset
> >> +
> >> +Optional Properties:
> >> +- phy-supply : from the generic phy bindings, a phandle to a
> >regulator that
> >> +           provides power to VBUS.
> >
> >Power to the phy or Vbus? If the latter only, then this property should
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> >be elsewhere (like a connector node).
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> I don't think there's connector nodes for USB ports now.

Yes, there's a recently added binding.

> And by checking existed device trees, use phy-supply on USB
> phy is common. It's seen on Meson GXBB, RK3399 and Hi6220
> in arch/arm64/boot/dts.

I don't doubt that the phy needs a supply, but that's not how you
described it. If it is needed for the phy, then it's okay to have it.
If it is for Vbus and not connected to the phy, then it is not okay.

Rob