linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: host: Allow EHCI_OMAP to be built-in when USB

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Date:	Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:57:43 +0300
From:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>
To:	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
Cc:	stern@...land.harvard.edu, sre@...nel.org, peter.chen@....com,
	tony@...mide.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: host: Allow EHCI_OMAP to be built-in when USB_GADGET is 'm'


Hi,

Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com> writes:
>>> NOP_USB_XCEIV is used not only by gadget drivers but by
>>> host drivers as well e.g. EHCI_OMAP.
>>>
>>> commit 5a8d651a2bde ("usb: gadget: move gadget API functions to udc-core")
>>> made it so that NOP_USB_XCEIV can't be built-in if USB_GADGET is 'm'.
>>> But this prevents EHCI_OMAP to be built-in if USB_GADGET is 'm'.
>>>
>>> Fix this undesired behaviour by moving usb_gadget_vbus_connect/disconnect()
>>> to usb/gadget.h so that NOP_USB_XCEIV has no build dependency
>>> on USB_GADGET.
>>>
>>> Retain the original Kconfig behaviour i.e. NOP_USB_XCEIV is selected
>>> by drivers that need it.
>> 
>> no, this is the wrong way to fix this. NOP _has_ a dependency on the
>> Gadget API if it calls Gadget API functions. Dependencies are proper.
>> 
>> Maybe the reason for the problem is that we ended up adding far too much
>> code to phy-generic.c itself. Maybe it shouldn't know about clks and
>> interrupts. The original idea of that driver was to simply satisfy a
>> requirement to have a valid transceiver by some platforms. Maybe we
>> should fix that instead. Moving functions around to workaround a problem
>> is not the way to go, sorry.
>> 
> OK but something that was working all these years is broken by your
> patch.
> Do you mind fixing it please? Or at least let me know how you want to
> get it fixed.

diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
index 2e710a4cca52..89fd095ca33d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ config USB_EHCI_MXC
 config USB_EHCI_HCD_OMAP
        tristate "EHCI support for OMAP3 and later chips"
        depends on ARCH_OMAP
-       depends on NOP_USB_XCEIV
+       depends on USB_PHY
        default y
        ---help---
          Enables support for the on-chip EHCI controller on


-- 
balbi

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