linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] phy: add a driver for the Berlin SATA PHY

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Message-ID: <20140624121525.GM13803@lee--X1>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:15:25 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Varka Bhadram <varkabhadram@...il.com>
Cc:	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>,
	Antoine Ténart 
	<antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>,
	sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com, tj@...nel.org,
	alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com,
	thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, zmxu@...vell.com,
	jszhang@...vell.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/7] phy: add a driver for the Berlin SATA PHY

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014, Varka Bhadram wrote:
> On 06/24/2014 05:30 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> >On Monday 16 June 2014 03:56 PM, Antoine Ténart wrote:
> >>The Berlin SoC has a two SATA ports. Add a PHY driver to handle them.
> >>
> >>The mode selection can let us think this PHY can be configured to fit
> >>other purposes. But there are reasons to think the SATA mode will be
> >>the only one usable: the PHY registers are only accessible indirectly
> >>through two registers in the SATA range, the PHY seems to be integrated
> >>and no information tells us the contrary. For these reasons, make the
> >>driver a SATA PHY driver.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Antoine Ténart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
> >>---
> >>  drivers/phy/Kconfig           |   7 ++
> >>  drivers/phy/Makefile          |   1 +
> >>  drivers/phy/phy-berlin-sata.c | 232 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  3 files changed, 240 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 drivers/phy/phy-berlin-sata.c

Please snip all unseccersary code when replying to patches.

[...]

> >>+static struct phy *phy_berlin_sata_phy_xlate(struct device *dev,
> >>+					     struct of_phandle_args *args)
> 
> Indent the function properly like this:
> static struct phy *phy_berlin_sata_phy_xlate(struct device *dev,
> 					     struct of_phandle_args *args)

You can also indent with TABs, especially if it means the following
line(s) would wrap.

> check with checkpatch.pl script

Snippy, snippy.

[...]

> >>+static struct platform_driver phy_berlin_sata_driver = {
> >>+	.probe	= phy_berlin_sata_probe,
> >>+	.driver	= {
> >>+		.name		= "phy-berlin-sata",
> >>+		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
> >>+		.of_match_table	= phy_berlin_sata_of_match,
> 
> use of_match_ptr for of_match_table

What use is this?

[...]

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