[PATCH v3 0/3] Cleanup the call ordering of phy_init and phy_power_on

Jules Maselbas jmaselbas at kalray.eu
Wed Apr 6 08:50:16 PDT 2022


Hi,

Last year Ahmad asked what is the correct order when calling phy_init
and phy_power_on. Since then, I didn't see the situation improve much
and I am once again toying around with usb phy driver.

The following two patches were in my tree for a year... Last year i
previously tried to change the call order in the dwc2 driver but this
requires the relevent phy to be also compatible with the "new" ordering.
The stm32-usbphyc driver wasn't compatible, I am not sure if that is
still is the case.

For now simply add documentation, hopefully correct, but I am not an
expert on actual phy sementics or usage in the kernel. And add warning
when the order is not what's expected.

Best,

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v2: Updated the documentation syntax for returned value
v3: Put the warning msg inside the locked section as suggested by Ahmad

Jules Maselbas (3):
  phy: core: Add documentation of phy operation order
  phy: core: Update documentation syntax
  phy: core: Warn when phy_power_on is called before phy_init

 drivers/phy/phy-core.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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2.17.1




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