linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] phy: bcm-ns-usb3: add MDIO driver using proper bus layer

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Message-ID: <ac107cb7-8551-7a2c-e1e9-983fdb5241aa@ti.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:01:05 +0530
From:   Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
CC:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Yendapally Reddy Dhananjaya Reddy 
        <yendapally.reddy@...adcom.com>, Jon Mason <jonmason@...adcom.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] phy: bcm-ns-usb3: add MDIO driver using proper bus
 layer

Hi Rafal,

On Friday 16 June 2017 11:41 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 16 June 2017 at 08:04, Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com> wrote:
>> On Thursday 11 May 2017 09:59 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> On 05/11/2017 06:29 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>>> @@ -297,6 +371,28 @@ static struct platform_driver bcm_ns_usb3_driver = {
>>>>              .of_match_table = bcm_ns_usb3_id_table,
>>>>      },
>>>>  };
>>>> -module_platform_driver(bcm_ns_usb3_driver);
>>>> +
>>>> +static int __init bcm_ns_usb3_module_init(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    int err;
>>>> +
>>>> +    err = mdio_driver_register(&bcm_ns_usb3_mdio_driver);
>>>> +    if (err)
>>>> +            return err;
>>>> +
>>>> +    err = platform_driver_register(&bcm_ns_usb3_driver);
>>>> +    if (err)
>>>> +            mdio_driver_unregister(&bcm_ns_usb3_mdio_driver);
>>>> +
>>>> +    return err;
>>>> +}
>>>> +module_init(bcm_ns_usb3_module_init);
>>>> +
>>>> +static void __exit bcm_ns_usb3_module_exit(void)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    platform_driver_unregister(&bcm_ns_usb3_driver);
>>>> +    mdio_driver_unregister(&bcm_ns_usb3_mdio_driver);
>>>> +}
>>>> +module_exit(bcm_ns_usb3_module_exit)
>>>
>>> Do we need to keep both platform device and mdio device registration
>>> here? Do you have a depreciation time line for when we can entirely
>>> switch to mdio device (assuming this is for backwards compatibility)?
>>
>> I too have the same question.
> 
> My plan is to:
> 1) Get this patch accepted
> 2) Switch DTS files to use the new binding
> 3) Maybe wait for LTS release if we care that much
> 4) Drop old binding support

old dt's are generally not allowed to break. So I'm not sure if we shoud ever
drop old binding support. Rest sounds good.

Thanks
Kishon