[PATCH v3 3/4] ata: Add APM X-Gene SoC SATA host controller driver
Loc Ho
lho at apm.com
Wed Nov 27 00:58:28 EST 2013
Hi,
>>>> int set_speed(struct *phy, int lane, u64 speed);
>>>
>>> it should be phy_set_speed.
>> [Loc Ho]
>> But your other functions don't repeat the prefix "phy"?
>
> refer include/linux/phy/phy.h..
>
> int phy_init(struct phy *phy);
> int phy_exit(struct phy *phy);
> int phy_power_on(struct phy *phy);
> int phy_power_off(struct phy *phy);
[Loc Ho]
For the top level function, it is phy_set_speed. For the operation
function pointer, it is set_speed.
>>>>
>>>> where lane indicates the lane of the PHY and speed is the PHY speed in hertz.
>>>
>>> Does lane here means the number of lanes? Is the lane also obtained after the
>>> training sequence?
>> [Loc Ho]
>> Lane here is the lane with you are changing the speed. If there are
>> two lanes, then 0 parameter would change lane 0. 1 would change lane
>> 1.
>
> can different lanes operate at different speed at the same time?
>
[Loc Ho]
Yes. Each lane is suppose to be independent of each other.
-Loc
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