[PATCH,RFC] usb: add devicetree helpers for determining dr_mode and phy_type
Wolfram Sang
w.sang at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 29 08:53:36 EST 2013
> >+ err = of_property_read_string(np, "phy_type", &phy_type);
> >+ if (err < 0)
> >+ return USBPHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA;
>
> Why don't we use a u32 property type for the *phy-type*? IMHO we
> should use string property only when the property should be
> absolutely unambiguous (e.g., compatible property should be string).
If we would use u32-numbers in the compatible entry, this would also be
unambiguous, no? 0xd00dfeed would be the at24-driver. Pretty specific.
I don't mind having readable devicetrees. And we have it for ethernet
phys already with strings, so it would be consistent.
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