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

From: Dmitry Baryshkov

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 14:41:06 EST


On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 07:47:14PM +0200, Abel Vesa wrote:
> From: Wesley Cheng <wesley.cheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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.
>
> 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>
> ---
> 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.
> ---
> drivers/phy/qualcomm/phy-qcom-m31-eusb2.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

With the changes suggested by Bjorn:


Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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