[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: phy: mediatek: tphy: add a property for force-mode switch
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Thu Nov 30 00:03:17 PST 2023
On 30/11/2023 02:51, Chunfeng Yun (云春峰) wrote:
>>> 3. How about we revise the description as follows for more
>> precisely?
>>>
>>> mediatek,force-mode:
>>> description:
>>> The force mode is used to manually switch the shared PHY mode
>>> between USB and PCIe. When force-mode is set, the USB 3.0 mode
>>> will be selected. This is typically required for older SoCs
>>> that do not automatically manage PHY mode switching.
>>> For newer SoCs that support it, it is preferable to use the
>>> "mediatek,syscon-type" property instead.
>>> type: boolean
>>
>> Again, what is force-mode?
> Our DE describe this behavior as force-mode, as you see, the driver
What is "DE"?
> power down controller and reset pipe to set the mode directly we want,
So force-mode is driver behavior?
> but usually the phy controller switch to the mode automatically
> according to the external signal, e.g. trapping pin, efuse etc.
>
>> It looks like you wrote bindings for the
>> driver behavior. Bindings describe hardware, not how the driver
>> should
>> behave. The property might be reasonable, but you must describe here
>> hardware characteristics/issue/etc.
You must address this, in such case.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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