Re: [PATCH v3 01/11] usb: phy: Add APIs for runtime power management

[Vivek Gautam]

Hi,


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013, Vivek Gautam wrote:
>
>> >> Alright, so here's my understanding:
>> >>
>> >> I suggested letting e.g. DWC3 enable the PHY's runtime_pm; Alan said
>> >> that it could be done before that so that DWC3 sees an enabled PHY
>> >> during probe.
>> >
>> > Basically right.  Help me to understand the overall situation a little
>> > better:
>> >
>> >         What code registers the PHY initially?
>>            PHY is added to global list by PHY drivers (like
>> phy-samsung-usb2.c/phy-omap-usb2.c)
>>            by usb_add_phy() API
>
> Then this routine should initialize the PHY.  The initialized state
> could be either active or suspended, your choice.  Suspended would be
> best, in case the PHY never gets used.

Fair enough.

>
>> >         What routine does the DWC3 driver call to register itself
>> >         as a consumer of the PHY?
>>            I think DWC3 doesn't registers itself as consumer of PHY,
>> rather it gets that PHY from
>>            the list using devm_usb_get_phy()/devm_usb_get_phy_by_phandle() API.
>>            DWC3 can now call PHY's initialization sequence using usb_phy_init().
>>            So, before DWC3 initializes the PHY, PHYs should be in active state.
>
> Then usb_phy_init should make sure the PHY is in the active state.  If
> usb_add_phy() left the PHY suspended, then this routine should call
> pm_runtime_get_sync().

Right

>
> After DWC3 (or any other driver) has acquired the PHY, it can call
> pm_runtime_put/get() however it likes, so long as the calls balance
> properly.  If the driver isn't runtime-PM aware then it won't use any
> of these calls, and the PHY will remain active the entire time.

Alright, so DWC3 (or any other consumer of PHY) should do minimal to
handle runtime state of PHYs; get() when accessing PHY and put() when it's done
with it.

>
>> >         Likewise, what routine does it call to unregister itself?
>>            Once DWC3's remove() is called PHYs are put.
>
> Is there a routine analogous to usb_phy_init() that gets called when
> PHY is released?  That routine would do the opposite of usb_phy_init(),
> putting the PHY back into its initialized state.

Yes, ofcourse there's a routine usb_phy_shutdown(). So this will be
calling put_sync()
to put PHYs back to its initialized state. Right ?



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Best Regards
Vivek
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