From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kishon Vijay Abraham I Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] Generic PHY Framework Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 12:05:45 +0530 Message-ID: <51A45041.2030105@ti.com> References: <1367229812-30574-1-git-send-email-kishon@ti.com> <519AFF95.9060002@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <519AFF95.9060002@ti.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.infradead.org To: Kishon Vijay Abraham I Cc: mchehab@redhat.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, tony@atomide.com, nsekhar@ti.com, swarren@nvidia.com, grant.likely@linaro.org, cesarb@cesarb.net, arnd@arndb.de, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org, rnayak@ti.com, rob.herring@calxeda.com, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, sylvester.nawrocki@gmail.com, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, b-cousson@ti.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, balbi@ti.com, santosh.shilimkar@ti.com, rob@landley.net, benoit.cousson@linaro.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, shawn.guo@linaro.org, davem@davemloft.net List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tuesday 21 May 2013 10:31 AM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > Hi, > > On Monday 29 April 2013 03:33 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: >> Added a generic PHY framework that provides a set of APIs for the PHY >> drivers >> to create/destroy a PHY and APIs for the PHY users to obtain a >> reference to >> the PHY with or without using phandle. >> >> This framework will be of use only to devices that uses external PHY (PHY >> functionality is not embedded within the controller). >> >> The intention of creating this framework is to bring the phy drivers >> spread >> all over the Linux kernel to drivers/phy to increase code re-use and to >> increase code maintainability. >> >> Comments to make PHY as bus wasn't done because PHY devices can be >> part of >> other bus and making a same device attached to multiple bus leads to bad >> design. >> >> If the PHY driver has to send notification on connect/disconnect, the PHY >> driver should make use of the extcon framework. Using this susbsystem >> to use extcon framwork will have to be analysed. >> >> Making omap-usb2 and twl4030 to use this framework is provided as a >> sample. >> >> This patch series is developed on linux-next tree. > > Any comments on this patch series? Ping.. This series is needed for usb3 phy/sata phy and can also be used by certain video phys. I think it's important to get this in. Thanks Kishon