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From: kishon@ti.com (Kishon Vijay Abraham I)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:30:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] phy: core: Add devm_of_phy_get_by_index to phy-core
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On Friday 27 March 2015 04:37 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 05:04:32PM -0700, Arun Ramamurthy wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 15-03-25 03:03 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Saturday 21 March 2015 02:59 AM, Arun Ramamurthy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15-03-20 02:26 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>>>> Hi Arun,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 02:07:08PM -0700, Arun Ramamurthy wrote:
>>>>>> Adding devm_of_phy_get_by_index to get phys by supplying an index
>>>>>> and not a phy name when multiple phys are declared
>>>
>>> I think a bit more explanation on why get_by_index is needed here.
>> Thanks Kison. Can you be more specific? I am unsure of what more I
>> can explain here.
>
> We just need to mention that some generic drivers, such as ehci, may use
> multiple phys, and for such drivers referencing phy(s) by name(s) does
> not make sense. Instead of inventing elaborate naming schemes and
> producing custom code to iterate over names, such drivers are better of
> using nameless phy bindings and using this newly introduced API to
> iterate through them.

+1

-Kishon