[PATCH 7/10] mmc: sdhci-xenon: Add support to PHYs of Marvell Xenon SDHC

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Nov 24 03:09:41 PST 2016


On Thursday, November 24, 2016 6:57:18 PM CET Ziji Hu wrote:
> > 
> > Please explain in the changelog why this is not a generic
> > phy driver (or three of them).
> > 
>         Actually we tried to put the PHY code into Linux PHY framework.
>         But it cannot fit in Linux common PHY framework.
> 
>         Our Xenon SDHC PHY register is a part of Xenon SDHC register set.
>         Besides, during MMC initialization, MMC sequence has to call several PHY functions to complete timing setting.
>         In those PHY setting functions, they have to access SDHC register and know current MMC setting, such as bus width, clock frequency and speed mode.
>         As a result, we have to implement PHY under MMC directory.
> 

Ok, that makes sense, just put the same text in the changelog comment.

	Arnd



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