Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] phy: core: Add phy bulk helpers support

[Inochi Amaoto]

On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 02:57:12PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2026 at 07:29:49PM +0800, Inochi Amaoto wrote:
> > Yes, I have one for it. This is the spacemit pcie driver.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260907112606.465778-1-inochiama@xxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> > But it only uses a few of these helpers. So should I remove all the
> > things that are not directly used, and let others add these if they
> > need?
> 
> How many functions would go away, and how difficult would they be to
> reconstruct, if we only were to add them on an "as-needed" basis?
> 
> If the answer is "many", I suppose you could also leave a note in
> phy.rst that links to v2 and mentions unimplemented functions because
> they lack a user.
> 

In fact I think it is happy. This PCIe driver only use three APIs:
- devm_of_phy_bulk_get_all
- phy_bulk_init
- phy_bulk_exit

So most of them will be removed as only a few are on the path.
I will follow you suggestion. Thanks.

Regards,
Inochi