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From: Vivek Unune <npcomplete13@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: dts: BCM5301X: Make usb3 phy use mdio phy driver
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 08:08:06 -0400
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 03:31:17PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 04/09/2018 03:31 PM, Vivek Unune wrote:
> > Currently, usb3 phy in bcm5301x.dtsi uses platform driver which
> > requires register range "ccb-mii" <0x18003000 0x1000>. This range
> > overlaps with mdio cmd and param registers (<0x18003000 0x8>).
> > Essentially, the platform driver partly acts like a mdio bus
> > driver, hence to use of this register range.
> > 
> > In some Northstar devices like Linksys EA9500, secondary switch
> > is connected via external mdio. The only way to access and
> > configure the external switch is via mdio bus. When we enable the
> > mdio bus in it's current state, the mdio bus and any child buses
> > fail to register because of the register range overlap.
> > 
> > On Northstar, the usb3 phy is connected at address 0x10 on the
> > internal mdio bus. This change moves the usb3_phy node and makes
> > it a child node of internal mdio bus.
> > 
> > Thanks to Rafał Miłecki's commit af850e14a7ae
> > ("phy: bcm-ns-usb3: add MDIO driver using proper bus layer") the
> > same usb3 platform driver can now act as usb3 phy mdio driver.
> > 
> > Tested on Linksys Panamera (EA9500)
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Unune <npcomplete13@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > v2: Disabled usb3_phy by default, then enabled in dts where
> >     necessary
> 
> Rafal, Hauke, this looks good to me, can you review? Thanks
> -- 
> Florian

Rafał, Hauke,

I'm sure you are super busy :) Just want to bring this to your
attention. 

Thanks,

Vivek