linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 08/15] ata: ahci

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Message-ID: <5240492D.6060204@ti.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:59:09 +0300
From:	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
To:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
CC:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, <balbi@...com>, <bcousson@...libre.com>,
	<tony@...mide.com>, <balajitk@...com>, <kishon@...com>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 08/15] ata: ahci_platform: Manage SATA PHY

On 09/23/2013 03:59 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 23-09-2013 11:37, Roger Quadros wrote:
> 
>>>>     Not sure why you asked -- I'm not using this driver, neither I'm
> 
>>> Well, you have better grip of what's going on in the embedded world
>>> than me.  I'm mostly curious whether adding dependency on PHY is okay.
> 
>> There is no hard dependency on presence of PHY. The driver will continue
>> as usual if devm_phy_get() fails.
>> I hope selecting GENERIC_PHY in Kconfig is not an issue.
> 
>    Selecting in the AHCI_PLATFORM section? It seems I have overlooked it. No, I don't think it's a good idea. The generic PHY functions seem to be stubbed when GENERIC_PHY=n.
> 
OK I will remove the select then.

cheers,
-roger
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