Re: [PATCH] phy: bcm-ns-usb2: new driver for USB 2.0 PHY on Northstar

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 04/05/2016 09:34 PM, Jon Mason wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Jon Mason <jon.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jon.mason@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>     On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:01 AM, RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>         Northstar is a family of SoCs used in home routers. They have
>         USB 2.0
>         and 3.0 controllers with PHYs that need to be properly initialized.
>         This driver provides PHY init support in a generic way and can
>         be bound
>         with an EHCI controller driver.
> 
> 
>     Like the USB3 patch you just submitted for NS, this is a common IP
>     block with NSP.  I believe with some minor changes it can support
>     both.  Please allow me 1-2 days to look at these in more detail and
>     see if I can get these patches working on NSP.
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Jon
> 
> 
> After some internal discussion, I don't think this is going to work. 
> This IP block is common for NS, NSP, and a few others.  So binding it to
> BMCA is going to prevent us from being able to use it on any other
> platforms.  However, a non-BMCA driver would still be usable by NS.  So,
> I think that is a superior solution.
> 
> We are currently in the process of getting a Phy driver out which would
> cover all the iProc SoCs.  I think it is 1-2 weeks away from being
> submitted.  So, I think to go forward we should use that one for NS. 
> However, that does not bridge the gap until it is accepted.
> 
> So, I think we have 2 options.
> 1.  Wait for BCM to submit the iProc phy driver
> 2.  Push this now, and remove it after the iProc phy driver is accepted.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jon
> 
Hi Jon,

As far as I see this does not have any build time dependency to bcma, it
only uses some header from bcma. Does this not build and run on your
devices without bcma?

Hauke