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From: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
To: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@ti.com>,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, Andy Gross <agross@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: qcom: remove ufs qmp phy driver
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 22:08:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200707050837.GN11847@yoga> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200630045426.GO2599@vkoul-mobl>

On Mon 29 Jun 21:54 PDT 2020, Vinod Koul wrote:

> Hi Bjorn,
> 
> On 29-06-20, 12:24, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > On Mon 29 Jun 07:54 PDT 2020, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > 
> > > UFS QMP phy drivers are duplicate as we are supposed to use common QMP
> > > phy driver which is working fine on various platforms. So remove the
> > > unused driver
> > > 
> > 
> > This describes the current state, but the UFS QMP driver had a purpose
> > not that long ago and I would like the commit message to describe what
> > changed and why it's now fine to remove the driver.
> 
> Would below look better, also feel free to suggest as you have the
> more history on this :)
> 
> "UFS QMP driver is dedicated driver for QMP phy for UFS variant. We
> also have a common QMP phy driver which works not only for UFS but
> USB and PCIe as well, so retire this driver in favour of the common
> driver"
> 

How about:

"The UFS specific QMP PHY driver started off supporting the 14nm and
20nm hardware. With the 20nm support marked broken for a long time and
the 14nm support added to the common QMP PHY, this driver has not been
used in a while. So delete it."

Regards,
Bjorn

> > 
> > I'm happy with the patch itself (i.e. the removal of the driver) though.
> 
> Thanks
> -- 
> ~Vinod

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-07  5:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-29 14:54 [PATCH] phy: qcom: remove ufs qmp phy driver Vinod Koul
2020-06-29 19:24 ` Bjorn Andersson
2020-06-30  4:54   ` Vinod Koul
2020-07-07  5:08     ` Bjorn Andersson [this message]
2020-07-08 11:08       ` Vinod Koul

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