linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 00/10] Introduced new Cadence USBSSP DRD Driver.

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Date:   Wed, 25 Nov 2020 06:07:45 +0000
From:   Pawel Laszczak <pawell@...ence.com>
To:     Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>
CC:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "balbi@...nel.org" <balbi@...nel.org>,
        "colin.king@...onical.com" <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "rogerq@...com" <rogerq@...com>, Rahul Kumar <kurahul@...ence.com>,
        "nsekhar@...com" <nsekhar@...com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 00/10] Introduced new Cadence USBSSP DRD Driver.

Peter,

>
>>On 20-11-19 15:12:57, Pawel Laszczak wrote:
>>> This patch introduce new Cadence USBSS DRD driver to linux kernel.
>>>
>>> The Cadence USBSS DRD Controller is a highly configurable IP Core which
>>> can be instantiated as Dual-Role Device (DRD), Peripheral Only and
>>> Host Only (XHCI)configurations.
>>>
>>> The current driver has been validated with FPGA burned. We have support
>>> for PCIe bus, which is used on FPGA prototyping.
>>>
>>> The host side of USBSS-DRD controller is compliance with XHCI
>>> specification, so it works with standard XHCI Linux driver.
>>>
>>> The device side of USBSS DRD controller is compliant with XHCI.
>>> The architecture for device side is almost the same as for host side,
>>> and most of the XHCI specification can be used to understand how
>>> this controller operates.
>>>
>>> This controller and driver support Full Speed, Hight Speed, Supper Speed
>>> and Supper Speed Plus USB protocol.
>>>
>>> The prefix cdnsp used in driver has chosen by analogy to cdn3 driver.
>>> The last letter of this acronym means PLUS. The formal name of controller
>>> is USBSSP but it's to generic so I've decided to use CDNSP.
>>>
>>> The patch 1: adds support for DRD CDNSP.
>>> The patch 2: separates common code that can be reusable by cdnsp driver.
>>> The patch 3: moves reusable code to separate module.
>>> The patch 4: changes prefixes in reusable code from cdns3 to common cdns.
>>> The patch 5: adopts gadget_dev pointer in cdns structure to make possible
>>>              use it in both drivers.
>>> The patches 6-8: add the main part of driver and has been intentionally
>>>              split into 3 part. In my opinion such division should not
>>>              affect understanding and reviewing the driver, and cause that
>>>              main patch (7/8) is little smaller. Patch 6 introduces main
>>>              header file for driver, 7 is the main part that implements all
>>>              functionality of driver and 8 introduces tracepoints.
>>> The patch 9: Adds cdns3 prefixes to files related with USBSS driver.
>>> the patch 10: Adds USBSSP DRD IP driver entry to MAINTAINERS file.
>>>
>>> Changlog from v2:
>>> - removed not used pdev parameter from cdnsp_read/wite_64 functions
>>> - fixed incorrect value assigned to CDNSP_ENDPOINTS_NUM (32 -> 31)
>>> - replaced some constant value with CDNSP_ENDPOINTS_NUM macro
>>> - replaced 'true' with '1' in bits description in cdnsp-gadget.h file
>>> - fixed some typos
>>> - some other less important changes suggested by Peter Chen
>>
>>Hi Pawel,
>>
>>I have updated my -next tree as the latest usb-next tree which v5.10-rc4
>>is included, would you please rebase my tree and send again, I could apply your
>>patches and test, if test could pass, I will apply it to my -next tree.
>>You don't need to rebase again since it is a huge patch set, will take some
>>efforts for rebase.
>>
>
>I'll try to post it tomorrow.

Can I send the new version CDNSP or I should wait for completion
'Re: [PATCH] Revert "usb: cdns3: core: quit if it uses role switch class"' and 
applying the appropriate fix to your repo ?

<snip>

Thanks
Pawel