Re: [PATCH] phy: qualcomm: m31-eusb2: Make USB repeater optional

From: Bjorn Andersson

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 13:40:16 EST


On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 07:47:14PM +0200, Abel Vesa wrote:
> From: Wesley Cheng <wesley.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

s/qualcomm/qcom/ insubject, to match other changes to this file.

> A repeater is not required for the PHY to function. On systems with
> multiple PHY instances connected to a multi-port controller, some PHYs
> may be unconnected. All PHYs must still probe successfully even without
> attached repeaters, otherwise the controller probe fails.
>
> So make it optional.

I like this rewrite.

>
> Signed-off-by: Wesley Cheng <wesley.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: commit re-worded to reflect actual reason]
> Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

With $subject adjusted:

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> This has been sent initially by Wesley here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250920032108.242643-10-wesley.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> This is still needed, but for a different reason, so re-worded the
> commit message to reflect why.

Doesn't that make this patch v2?

Regards,
Bjorn

> ---
> drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c
> index 95cd3175926d..70a81ab2482f 100644
> --- a/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c
> +++ b/drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c
> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int m31eusb2_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> phy_set_drvdata(phy->phy, phy);
>
> - phy->repeater = devm_of_phy_get_by_index(dev, dev->of_node, 0);
> + phy->repeater = devm_phy_optional_get(dev, NULL);
> if (IS_ERR(phy->repeater))
> return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(phy->repeater),
> "failed to get repeater\n");
>
> ---
> base-commit: 3fa5e5702a82d259897bd7e209469bc06368bf31
> change-id: 20260227-phy-qcom-m31-eusb2-make-repeater-optional-621c8c1c0354
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>