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

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Message-ID: <5252BBF5.1060406@ti.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Oct 2013 16:49:41 +0300
From:	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>, <kishon@...com>
CC:	<bcousson@...libre.com>, <pavel@....cz>, <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	<marek@...delico.com>, <balbi@...com>, <tony@...mide.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 04:40 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> 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.
> 

I agree with you. 

Also, figuring out which kernel configs to enable for
USB OTG to work on OMAP is a pain in itself to the user.

cheers,
-roger

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