[RFC PATCH 08/15] ata: ahci_platform: Manage SATA PHY
Sergei Shtylyov
sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Mon Sep 23 08:59:59 EDT 2013
Hello.
On 23-09-2013 11:37, Roger Quadros wrote:
>>> Not sure why you asked -- I'm not using this driver, neither I'm
>> Well, you have better grip of what's going on in the embedded world
>> than me. I'm mostly curious whether adding dependency on PHY is okay.
> There is no hard dependency on presence of PHY. The driver will continue
> as usual if devm_phy_get() fails.
> I hope selecting GENERIC_PHY in Kconfig is not an issue.
Selecting in the AHCI_PLATFORM section? It seems I have overlooked it. No,
I don't think it's a good idea. The generic PHY functions seem to be stubbed
when GENERIC_PHY=n.
> cheers,
> -roger
WBR, Sergei
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