linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] phy: core: make NULL a valid phy reference if !CONFIG_GENERIC

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Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:47:45 +0800
From:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
To:	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
	"Balbi, Felipe" <balbi@...com>
CC:	"Strashko, Grygorii" <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] phy: core: make NULL a valid phy reference if !CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY

On Thursday 13 March 2014 09:43 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> Hi Santosh,
> 
> On Thursday 13 March 2014 07:07 PM, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
>> On Thursday 13 March 2014 07:11 PM, Strashko, Grygorii wrote:
>>> This fixes a regression on Keystone 2 platforms caused by patch
>>> 57303488cd37da58263e842de134dc65f7c626d5
>>> "usb: dwc3: adapt dwc3 core to use Generic PHY Framework" which adds
>>> optional support of generic phy in DWC3 core.
>>>
>>> On Keystone 2 platforms the USB is not working now because
>>> CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY isn't set and, as result, Generic PHY APIs stubs
>>> return -ENOSYS always. The log shows:
>>>   dwc3 2690000.dwc3: failed to initialize core
>>>   dwc3: probe of 2690000.dwc3 failed with error -38
>>>
>>> Hence, fix it by making NULL a valid phy reference in Generic PHY
>>> APIs stubs in the same way as it was done by the patch
>>> 04c2facad8fee66c981a51852806d8923336f362 "drivers: phy: Make NULL
>>> a valid phy reference".
>>>
>>> CC: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
>>> CC: Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
>>> CC: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
>>> ---
>> This fixes the regression seen in Linux next and patch seems
>> reasonable to me.
>> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
>>
>> Felipe, Kishon,
>> Can you guys pick this fix if you are ok by it. Thanks
> 
> I've already given a PULL request to Greg for 3.15. Is it ok to take this in -rc cycle?
> 
Am not sure because this is breaking the existing functionality.
May be you can request Greg to pull this fix as well.

Regards,
Santosh
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