Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 May 2013 10:31:09 +0530 | From | Kishon Vijay Abraham I <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] Generic PHY Framework |
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Hi,
On Monday 29 April 2013 03:33 PM, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote: > Added a generic PHY framework that provides a set of APIs for the PHY drivers > to create/destroy a PHY and APIs for the PHY users to obtain a reference to > the PHY with or without using phandle. > > This framework will be of use only to devices that uses external PHY (PHY > functionality is not embedded within the controller). > > The intention of creating this framework is to bring the phy drivers spread > all over the Linux kernel to drivers/phy to increase code re-use and to > increase code maintainability. > > Comments to make PHY as bus wasn't done because PHY devices can be part of > other bus and making a same device attached to multiple bus leads to bad > design. > > If the PHY driver has to send notification on connect/disconnect, the PHY > driver should make use of the extcon framework. Using this susbsystem > to use extcon framwork will have to be analysed. > > Making omap-usb2 and twl4030 to use this framework is provided as a sample. > > This patch series is developed on linux-next tree.
Any comments on this patch series?
Thanks Kishon
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