linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] usb: dwc3: add DWC3_SKIP_USB3PHY and DWC3_SKIP_USB2

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Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2015 14:24:44 +0800
From:	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
CC:	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] usb: dwc3: add DWC3_SKIP_USB3PHY and DWC3_SKIP_USB2_PHY
 quirks

Hi Felipe,

On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:08:15 -0800
Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 09:35:51PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> > On platforms which has native usb hosts/phys and pci-dwc3 controller,
> > the dwc3 core may get the wrong usb2_phy and usb3_phy by
> > devm_usb_get_phy(). It depends on which usb phy driver is initialized
> > firstly, the usb_phy_generic or the native/real usb phy driver.
> 
> why are you initializing generic PHY if you have a real PHY ?

we have two kind of usb hosts: the native usb hosts which can be probed via. DT
and the usb hosts from pci-dwc3. The former has real phy and the latter doesn't.

> 
> > Before all old USB phy library usage removed, the solution I can have
> > is to add DWC3_SKIP_USB3PHY and DWC3_SKIP_USB2_PHY quirks and set them
> > in dwc3-pci.
> > Could such modification can be accepted? If not, could you please give
> > alternative suggestions?
> 
> we will not accept a quirk to skip PHYs, sorry. A better way of handling
> this needs to be found.
> 

OK, Got your points. It seems we need to deprecate old usb phy library usage
early.

Thanks,
Jisheng
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