From: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
To: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Cc: linux-phy@lists.infradead.org, Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>,
Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
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Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH phy-next 18/22] pinctrl: tegra-xusb: include PHY provider header
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 13:43:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD++jLnCtu20rXcg7sMVLBi24EohscJoz0kN46XJaKPJt00O2w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260304175735.2660419-19-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> wrote:
> The tegra-xusb pinctrl driver is also a PHY provider (calls
> devm_phy_create() for PCIe and SATA). However, according to Vinod Koul,
> having PHY provider drivers outside of drivers/phy/ is discouraged,
> although it would be difficult for me to address a proper movement here.
>
> Include the private provider API header from drivers/phy/, but leave a
> FIXME in place. It will have to be moved, eventually.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Fair enough, is this a regression so I should merge it for fixes
or just a nonurgent fix that I can apply for next?
Long term a custom device can be created from the pin
control driver so that the Linux device model can be
used to move the driver over to phy.
Yours,
Linus Walleij
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-05 12:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-04 17:57 [PATCH phy-next 00/22] Split Generic PHY consumer and provider API Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 01/22] ata: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 20:14 ` Damien Le Moal
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 02/22] PCI: add missing headers transitively included by <linux/phy/phy.h> Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 22:24 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2026-03-04 22:34 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 03/22] usb: " Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 2:43 ` Thinh Nguyen
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 04/22] drm: add <linux/pm_runtime.h> where missing Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 05/22] phy: " Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 7:45 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-03-05 10:02 ` André Draszik
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 06/22] phy: spacemit: include missing <linux/phy/phy.h> Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 07/22] net: lan969x: include missing <linux/of.h> Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-06 9:56 ` Daniel Machon
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 08/22] PCI: remove device links to PHY Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 22:28 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 09/22] ufs: exynos: stop poking into struct phy guts Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 10/22] drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: avoid direct dereference of phy->dev.of_node Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 11/22] drm/msm/dp: remove debugging prints with internal struct phy state Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 23:53 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 12/22] phy: move provider API out of public <linux/phy/phy.h> Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 23:54 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-03-05 8:28 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-03-06 12:51 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 13/22] phy: introduce phy_get_max_link_rate() helper for consumers Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 7:47 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-03-06 12:50 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 9:36 ` Markus Schneider-Pargmann
2026-03-05 11:54 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 14/22] drm/rockchip: dsi: include PHY provider header Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 15/22] drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: use consumer API for getting PHY bus width Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 16/22] media: sunxi: a83-mips-csi2: include PHY provider header Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 17/22] net: renesas: rswitch: " Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 8:29 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 18/22] pinctrl: tegra-xusb: " Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 12:43 ` Linus Walleij [this message]
2026-03-05 12:44 ` Linus Walleij
2026-03-05 12:47 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 19/22] power: supply: cpcap-charger: include missing <linux/property.h> Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 9:52 ` Sebastian Reichel
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 20/22] phy: include PHY provider header Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 23:56 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-03-05 3:22 ` Shawn Lin
2026-03-06 13:06 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 21/22] phy: remove temporary provider compatibility from consumer header Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-04 23:56 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-03-04 17:57 ` [PATCH phy-next 22/22] MAINTAINERS: add regex for linux-phy Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 8:39 ` Konrad Dybcio
2026-03-05 8:51 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 9:11 ` Konrad Dybcio
2026-03-05 9:13 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 9:15 ` Konrad Dybcio
2026-03-05 9:30 ` Joe Perches
2026-03-05 11:43 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 12:15 ` Krzysztof Wilczyński
2026-03-05 12:29 ` Krzysztof Wilczyński
2026-03-05 12:39 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 12:44 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2026-03-05 13:01 ` Krzysztof Wilczyński
2026-03-05 12:38 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 13:06 ` Krzysztof Wilczyński
2026-03-05 13:11 ` Vladimir Oltean
2026-03-05 15:35 ` Joe Perches
2026-03-05 15:39 ` Vladimir Oltean
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