Re: [PATCH v2] phy: qcom: m31-eusb2: Make USB repeater optional

[Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 3/2/26 9:34 AM, Abel Vesa wrote:
> From: Wesley Cheng <wesley.cheng@oss.qualcomm.com>
> 
> A repeater is not required for the PHY to function. On systems with
> multiple PHY instances connected to a multi-port controller, some PHYs
> may be unconnected. All PHYs must still probe successfully even without
> attached repeaters, otherwise the controller probe fails.
> 
> So make it optional.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wesley Cheng <wesley.cheng@oss.qualcomm.com>
> [abel.vesa@oss.qualcomm.com: commit re-worded to reflect actual reason]
> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---

This is a trivial patch that fixes probe errors in some hw
configurations..

Can we sneak it in for -fixes, or is it too late, Vinod?

Konrad

> This has been sent initially by Wesley here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250920032108.242643-10-wesley.cheng@oss.qualcomm.com/
> 
> This is still needed, but for a different reason, so re-worded the
> commit message to reflect why.
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Picked up Bjorn's and Dmitry's R-b tags.
> - Fixed the subject line, as Bjorn suggested.
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260227-phy-qcom-m31-eusb2-make-repeater-optional-v1-1-07a086bbaba4@oss.qualcomm.com
> ---
>  drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c
> index 95cd3175926d..70a81ab2482f 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c
> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int m31eusb2_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	phy_set_drvdata(phy->phy, phy);
>  
> -	phy->repeater = devm_of_phy_get_by_index(dev, dev->of_node, 0);
> +	phy->repeater = devm_phy_optional_get(dev, NULL);
>  	if (IS_ERR(phy->repeater))
>  		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(phy->repeater),
>  				     "failed to get repeater\n");
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 3fa5e5702a82d259897bd7e209469bc06368bf31
> change-id: 20260227-phy-qcom-m31-eusb2-make-repeater-optional-621c8c1c0354
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@oss.qualcomm.com>
> 
> 

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