[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] USB multi controller

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Wed Sep 5 21:27:34 CEST 2012


Dear Stephen Warren,

> On 09/05/2012 12:30 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Dear Lucas Stach,
> > 
> >> Hi Stephen,
> >> 
> >> Am Dienstag, den 04.09.2012, 17:05 -0600 schrieb Stephen Warren:
> >>> On 08/30/2012 10:03 AM, Lucas Stach wrote:
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>> 
> >>>> this is a follow up on the patch "USB: EHCI: Initialize multiple
> >>>> USB controllers at once" from Jim Lin. It takes some of the
> >>>> code but has undergone some heavy reworking.
> >>>> 
> >>>> When we remove the ifdef horror from the above mentioned patch it's
> >>>> mostly a big interface change to the usb subsystem. As this creates
> >>>> a lot of churn I've split this up into a series. Every patch is self
> >>>> contained so it doesn't break compiles and *should* not regress
> >>>> any functionality on it's own. At least the series is bisectable in
> >>>> case anything goes wrong. I've compile tested all the ARM configs.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Both the lowlevel usb and ehci interface change are backward
> >>>> compatible, so implementations that only use one controller can
> >>>> choose to ignore the new interface. All implementations are
> >>>> updated to work with the new function prototypes.
> >>>> 
> >>>> For Tegra I've included a patch to actually use the new ehci
> >>>> interface. Patches are based on a Tegra tree with some relevant
> >>>> changes from u-boot-usb picked over, so they should apply to
> >>>> u-boot-usb/master.
> >>> 
> >>> Can you explain what this series is based on in a little more detail? I
> >>> tried applying it to Tegra's for-next today, and it wouldn't apply. I
> >>> managed to apply using plain "patch" rather then "git am", but then I
> >>> get a bunch of compile errors:-(
> >> 
> >> At the time I wrote those patches the u-boot-usb and u-boot-tegra trees
> >> didn't merge cleanly and I wasted quite some time trying to fix up the
> >> failed merge. In the end I ended up just picking the following over to
> >> my tegra tree, which should be enough to avoid any conflicts with the
> >> usb tree:
> >> 
> >> cdeb916120a4 ehci: cosmetic: Define the number of qt_buffers
> >> 44ae0be7461f ehci: Fail for multi-transaction interrupt transfers
> >> 14eb79b7a086 ehci: cosmetic: Define used constants
> >> 5cec214ecd7d ehci-hcd: Boost transfer speed
> >> cffcc5035809 usb_storage: Restore non-EHCI support
> >> 4bee5c83ea46 usb_storage: Remove EHCI constraints
> >> 3e8581bb9589 usb_stor_BBB_transport: Do not delay when not required
> >> db19134615dd ehci: Optimize qTD allocations
> > 
> > u-boot-usb master is updated to master and pushed for your enjoyment.
> 
> The series doesn't appear to apply to u-boot-usb/master, nor to
> u-boot-tegra/master plus those cherry-picks listed above. Perhaps you
> can rebase on something (although I'm not sure which branch it's meant
> to go through) so I can apply/test it?

I'd say reorder 3/4 and 4/4 (swap them) and then repost the rebased result. I'll 
pick it all.

That leads me to a question, why is the tegra usb driver goo still in arch/arm/ 
and not in drivers/ as it should be?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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