linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: dts: omap3: Adapt USB OTG to generic PHY framework

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Message-ID: <5252B9C7.5040109@linutronix.de>
Date:	Mon, 07 Oct 2013 15:40:23 +0200
From:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
CC:	bcousson@...libre.com, pavel@....cz, aaro.koskinen@....fi,
	marek@...delico.com, balbi@...com, tony@...mide.com, kishon@...com,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: dts: omap3:  Adapt USB OTG to generic PHY framework

On 10/07/2013 03:28 PM, Roger Quadros wrote:
> The generic PHY framewrok expects different properties than the
> old USB PHY framework. Supply those properties.
> 
> Fixes USB OTG port on GAT04 and N900 after the Generic PHY framework was
> merged in greg/usb-next. [1]

Would it be much pain (and do we want this at all) to add a fallback
into the kernel or at least a printk pointing out to update the .dts
for two releases or so? So the user does not need to spent hours to
figure out why it suddenly stopped working.

Sebastian
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