Re: [PATCH] usb: dwc3: core: clarify usb-phy array binding

[Felipe Balbi]

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 02:34:10PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 07:05:53PM +0100, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 01:42:15PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Aug 9, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 04:40:32PM +0100, Kumar Gala wrote:
> > > >> The binding spec wasn't clear that the order of the phandles in the
> > > >> usb-phy array has meaning.  Clarify this point in the binding that
> > > >> it should be <USB2-HS-PHY, USB3-SS-PHY>.
> > > >> 
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >> ---
> > > >> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt | 4 +++-
> > > >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >> 
> > > >> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt
> > > >> index 7a95c65..8a9770b 100644
> > > >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt
> > > >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/dwc3.txt
> > > >> @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Required properties:
> > > >>  - compatible: must be "synopsys,dwc3"
> > > >>  - reg : Address and length of the register set for the device
> > > >>  - interrupts: Interrupts used by the dwc3 controller.
> > > >> - - usb-phy : array of phandle for the PHY device
> > > >> + - usb-phy : array of phandle for the PHY device.  The first element
> > > >> +   in the array is expected to be a handle to the USB2/HS PHY and
> > > >> +   the second element is expected to be a handle to the USB3/SS PHY
> > > > 
> > > > Just to check - it's not valid to have a USB3 phy without a USB2 phy?
> > > 
> > > Don't know, hopefully Felipe will chime in on that.
> > 
> > that'd be a really non-standard implementation. Per-spec, USB3 is
> > *always* backwards compatible with USB2.
> 
> I'm slightly confused here. From a quick look at the driver, it expects
> two separate phys to be present -- one handling only USB2, and one
> handling USB3 (with USB2 backwards compatibility).
> 
> So it's not physically possible for someone to just wire up a single phy
> to the device, either USB2-only or USB3?

of course it is :-) In fact, TI has done it. But it causes a whole bunch
of other problems to support that sort of model. For one, in some
systems, a clock generated by the USB3 PHY is backfed into the IP and if
USB3 PHY isn't running, the dwc3 IP won't start.

I even wrote a patch making USB3 PHY optional, but didn't push it
exactly because it broke some other systems and I can't guarantee users
won't mess up their DTS/pdata.

> You can describe the USB2-only case in the dt by only listing the first
> phy (though the driver won't support it as it expects both to be
> present), but it's impossible to describe that you've wired up a single
> phy that's USB3 capable.

you might be right there...

-- 
balbi

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