[PATCH v6 1/3] phy: core: Reword the comment specifying the units of max_link_rate to be Mbps
Vinod Koul
vkoul at kernel.org
Mon May 31 00:18:21 PDT 2021
On 10-05-21, 10:40, Aswath Govindraju wrote:
> In some subsystems (eg. CAN, SPI), the max link rate supported can be less
> than 1 Mbps and if the unit for max_link_rate is Mbps then it can't be
> used. Therefore, leave the decision of units to be used, to the producer
> and consumer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aswath Govindraju <a-govindraju at ti.com>
> Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl at pengutronix.de>
> ---
> include/linux/phy/phy.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> index 0ed434d02196..f3286f4cd306 100644
> --- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> +++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct phy_ops {
> /**
> * struct phy_attrs - represents phy attributes
> * @bus_width: Data path width implemented by PHY
> - * @max_link_rate: Maximum link rate supported by PHY (in Mbps)
> + * @max_link_rate: Maximum link rate supported by PHY (units to be decided by producer and consumer)
So there are a few users of max_link_rate. It would be better that we
document all previous users of max_link_rate that unit is in Mbps and
then modify it here
--
~Vinod
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