[PATCH v2 2/2] net: flexcan: add transceiver switch gpios support

Marc Kleine-Budde mkl at pengutronix.de
Thu Jun 28 07:29:19 EDT 2012


On 06/28/2012 01:21 PM, Shawn Guo wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:31:56PM +0200, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
>> Hmm I'm wondering if transceiver or phy is the correct name here. In
>> platform_data it's called transceiver_switch.
> 
> The transceiver_switch in platform_data names a function, while we are
> naming a couple gpios which happen to be access in that function.  It
> looks all correct to me.

I mean which name is more precise, do these gpio enable/standy a "phy"
or a "transceiver". For example:
http://www.nxp.com/documents/application_note/AN00094.pdf, this document
says: TJA1041/1041A high speed CAN transceiver.

Marc

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