Re: [PATCH v8 10/14] usb: otg: add hcd companion support

From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri May 13 2016 - 14:13:49 EST


On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 5:03 AM, Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Since some host controller (e.g. EHCI) needs a companion host controller
> (e.g. OHCI), this patch adds such a configuration to use it in the OTG
> core.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt | 3 +++
> drivers/usb/common/usb-otg.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++-------
> include/linux/usb/otg.h | 7 ++++-
> 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt
> index f6866c1..1db1c33 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/generic.txt
> @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Optional properties:
> - otg-controller: phandle to otg controller. Host or gadget controllers can
> contain this property to link it to a particular OTG
> controller.
> + - hcd-needs-companion: must be present if otg controller is dealing with
> + EHCI host controller that needs a companion OHCI host
> + controller.

I thought the conclusion was this is not needed?

One thing that is not clear here is otg-controller is a host or device
property while hcd-needs-companion is an OTG controller property.
These lists should be separated.

Rob