Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] phy: core: Reword the comment specifying the units of max_link_rate to be Mbps

[Kishon Vijay Abraham I]

Hi,

On 11/06/21 6:12 pm, Aswath Govindraju wrote:
> Hi Vinod,
> 
> On 31/05/21 2:04 pm, Aswath Govindraju wrote:
>> Hi Vinod,
>>
>> On 31/05/21 12:48 pm, Vinod Koul wrote:
>>> On 10-05-21, 10:40, Aswath Govindraju wrote:
>>>> In some subsystems (eg. CAN, SPI), the max link rate supported can be less
>>>> than 1 Mbps and if the unit for max_link_rate is Mbps then it can't be
>>>> used. Therefore, leave the decision of units to be used, to the producer
>>>> and consumer.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Aswath Govindraju <a-govindraju@xxxxxx>
>>>> Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  include/linux/phy/phy.h | 2 +-
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
>>>> index 0ed434d02196..f3286f4cd306 100644
>>>> --- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
>>>> +++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
>>>> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct phy_ops {
>>>>  /**
>>>>   * struct phy_attrs - represents phy attributes
>>>>   * @bus_width: Data path width implemented by PHY
>>>> - * @max_link_rate: Maximum link rate supported by PHY (in Mbps)
>>>> + * @max_link_rate: Maximum link rate supported by PHY (units to be decided by producer and consumer)
>>>
>>> So there are a few users of max_link_rate. It would be better that we
>>> document all previous users of max_link_rate that unit is in Mbps and
>>> then modify it here
>>>
>>
>> I was able to see that the max_link_rate attribute was used at,
>>
>> drivers/phy/cadence/phy-cadence-torrent.c:2514:
>> gphy->attrs.max_link_rate = cdns_phy->max_bit_rate;
>>
>> and in the bindings there is indication that the units to be used is Mbps.
>>
>> Can you please point me if there is any other place that I might have
>> missed to look at or that might need documentation update?
>>

The only user seems to be Torrent and max_bit_rate is documented well in
Torrent.

Acked-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx>

Thanks
Kishon