Re: [PATCHv6 01/19] usb: otg: Rename otg_transceiver to usb_phy

[Felipe Balbi]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 08:28:15PM +0530, ABRAHAM, KISHON VIJAY wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Heikki Krogerus
> <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 11:27:12AM +0530, ABRAHAM, KISHON VIJAY wrote:
> >> Hi Heikki,
> >>
> >> I tend to defer with your opinion of renaming otg_transceiver to
> >> usb_phy. According to me otg_transceiver should program hardware
> >> mechanisms associated to VBUS, ID lines, etc.. and phy is responsible
> >> for transmitting data over differential data lines (with its own
> >> programming of phy_init, phy_shutdown, setting phy clocks etc..). So
> >> in my opinion otg_transceiver and usb_phy should be two different and
> >> separate entities.
> >
> > Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but sounds like you are still marrying
> > OTG with transceivers.
> I'm against the idea of usb_phy married with the transceiver (i.e
> transceiver = twl6030 for instance)

I think the source of confusion is the split phy functionality on OMAPs.
twl6030 basically provides VBUS/ID comparators which communicate VBUS/ID
levels to internal PHY via a well-defined mailbox. We need a
good way to write that down in source code.

-- 
balbi

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