[PATCH v2] phy: fsl-imx8mq-usb: add debugfs to access control register

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Wed Dec 24 05:51:11 PST 2025


On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 07:17:16PM +0800, Xu Yang wrote:
> The CR port is a simple 16-bit data/address parallel port that is
> provided for on-chip access to the control registers inside the
> USB 3.0 femtoPHY. While access to these registers is not required
> for normal PHY operation, this interface enables you to access
> some of the PHY’s diagnostic features during normal operation or
> to override some basic PHY control signals.
> 
> 3 debugfs files are created to read and write control registers,
> all use hexadecimal format:
> ctrl_reg_base: the register offset to write, or the start offset
>                to read.
> ctrl_reg_count: how many continuous registers to be read.
> ctrl_reg_value: read to show the continuous registers value from
>                 the offset in ctrl_reg_base, to ctrl_reg_base
>                 + ctrl_reg_count - 1, one line for one register.
>                 when write, override the register at ctrl_reg_base,
>                 one time can only change one 16bits register.

Are the registers openly documented somewhere? Could you include a
link in the commit message.

     Andrew



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