[RFC PATCH 00/10 V3] MXS: Add i.MX28 USB Host driver

[marex@denx.de (Marek Vasut)]

Dear Peter Chen,

> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> wrote:
> >> btw /wrt USB Gadget etc -- how does the
> >> drivers/usb/gadget/fsl_udc_core.c and drivers/usb/gadget/ci13xxx_* fit
> >> into the big picture? We're gonna use the ci13xxx stuff for Gadget on
> >> mx28, correct? Then how does fsl_udc_core.c fit in?
> > 
> > From what I have been told by a collegue the ci13xxx driver works
> > better, and from what I have seen the code looks better. So I think mxs
> > should use it. i.MX can then use it later aswell. We won't need the
> > fsl_udc_core driver anymore then.
> 
> Oh, I find I lost many discussions using company email.
> From the function and quality level, fsl_udc_core.c is absolutely the
> best one for all
> i.mx SoCs, as both internal and upstream fsl code use it.

Internally though, it looks like crap. Also, ci13xxx and fsl_usb_core is 
duplicated stuff, correct?

> 
> It discussed before:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=129906859817430&w=2
> 
> I just wonder if ci13xxx_udc.c can support fsl's well as it has below
> at comment.
> 
> /*
>  * Description: MIPS USB IP core family device controller
>  *              Currently it only supports IP part number CI13412
>  */

It doesn't matter if it's MIPS or whatever it is. Broadcom also managed to hack 
AMBA bus onto mips core ;-)

> I will check with IC guys to see if i.mx's controller is compatible
> with CI13412.
> If fsl's compatible with CI13412, then mxs can try to use ci13xxx_udc.c to
> see if there are any problems, If no problems with kinds of testing,
> we can switch all i.mx SoC to ci13xxx_udc.c.

Sascha, did you need to patch this ci13xxx somehow to get it running on MXS ? Or 
what was it that said he got it somehow running?

> 
> > Sascha
> > 
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Best regards,
Marek Vasut