Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: phy-qcom-qmp: Fix register underspecification

From: Doug Anderson
Date: Thu Oct 18 2018 - 19:50:54 EST


Hi,

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 2:09 PM Evan Green <evgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This change adds register regions for the second lane of dual-lane nodes.
> This additional specification is needed so that the driver can stop
> reaching beyond the tx and rx register allocations to get at the
> second lane registers in a dual-lane PHY.
>
> While in there, document #clock-cells as optional for PHYs that don't
> provide a pipe clock. Also, document the pcs_misc register region, which
> was being quietly supplied and used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Evan Green <evgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> This applies atop linux-next 20181018 with the addition of Doug's
> changes [1] and [2].
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181012213632.252346-1-dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20181012213926.253765-1-dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> .../devicetree/bindings/phy/qcom-qmp-phy.txt | 73 +++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

This all makes sense to me and seems like the right compromise to make

The only current SoC that uses tx2/rx2 is SDM845 and the support of
that SoC is in its infancy in mainline. Thus I don't mind that we say
that all 5 registers are "required" even though there is an existing
device tree out there that don't include tx2/rx2 for USB. Currently
patch #2 in this series still makes old device trees "work" (as well
as they used to) but I'm all for that being very temporary code and
that officially tx2/rx2 are not optional.


Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>