Hi Heikki,

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 03:16:40PM +0200, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 05:41:30PM -0800, David Cohen wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 02:12:14PM +0200, Heikki Krogerus wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> > > > > index a8c9062..66cbf38 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
> > > > > @@ -879,6 +879,10 @@ static int dwc3_probe(struct platform_device 
> > > > > *pdev)
> > > > >       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dwc);
> > > > >       dwc3_cache_hwparams(dwc);
> > > > >  
> > > > > +     ret = dwc3_ulpi_init(dwc);
> > > > 
> > > > If I understood correctly, this call will result in enumerating the phy
> > > > via ULPI bus, then registering the correct ULPI device.
> > > > Can you guarantee ULPI will be always accessible at this point if we
> > > > remove dwc3 module and load it again?
> > > 
> > > OK, got it. So yes, I can guarantee that ULPI will be acessible at
> > > this point. If we are in a state where we could soft reset dwc3, we
> > > know we can access ULPI. The fact that dwc3 itself expects to be able
> > > to write to the ULPI registers at that point guarantees it for us.
> > 
> > I just double checked DWC3 TRM.
> > You are correct, by the time we're executing dwc3_core_soft_reset() ULPI
> > bus is already accessible. But the TRM also specifies an ULPI phy would
> > be reset by DCTL's core soft reset, which is executed by dwc3_core_init()
> > before calling dwc3_core_soft_reset(). It does mention DWC3 writes data
> > to an ULPI phy register during reset, but it also mentions the clock
> > sync happens during that time.
> > 
> > That makes no even OK, but more correct IMO to power on phy before
> > core's soft reset (i.e. by ACPI methods). But it lets us in a grey area
> > whether ULPI is reliably accessible before core's soft reset.
> > 
> > I believe if you move the dwc3_ulpi_init() to dwc3_core_init(), after
> > core's soft reset we've got no more grey area.
> 
> Well, we have already requested the phys in dwc3_probe before that so
> some refactoring will be needed. It's probable no a problem.

Sounds good :)

> 
> Btw, I'm sorry about telling this so late, but I'm going to be on
> vacation for the next two weeks.

Thanks for the notice.

Br, David

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -- 
> heikki
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