Re: [PATCH v10 2/5] USB: misc: Add onboard_usb_hub driver

From: Matthias Kaehlcke
Date: Thu May 20 2021 - 09:42:27 EST


On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:05:21PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 04:07:17PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:43:56AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 02:40:47PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Could you also have a look at "[4/5] usb: host: xhci-plat:
> > > > Create platform device for onboard hubs in probe()"
> > > > (https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1425453/)? It's a
> > > > relatively short patch that creates the platform device for
> > > > the driver from xhci-plat as you suggested in the v4
> > > > discussion.
> > >
> > > I'm not the maintainer for xhci-related drivers.
> > >
> > > However, there is at least one thing about this patch which looks
> > > suspicious: Adding the onboard_hub_dev pointer to struct usb_hcd instead
> > > of to struct xhci_plat_priv, where it would make a lot more sense.
> >
> > I can move it to struct usb_hcd if that's preferred
>
> Thinko: The patch already has it in struct usb_hcd. I suggested moving
> it to struct xhci_plat_priv.

Ah, didn't actively recall to which struct I added it to, it has been a
while since I wrote that patch ;-) Agreed that struct xhci_plat_priv is
a better place.