Hi, On Jun 25, 2014 12:08 AM, "Marek Vasut" <ma...@denx.de> wrote: > > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 07:11:42 AM, Vivek Gautam wrote: > > Hi Marek, > > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Marek Vasut <ma...@denx.de> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 04:10:20 PM, Vivek Gautam wrote: > > >> Hi Marek, > > >> > > >> It's been very long since we had discussion for introducing the wrapper > > >> layer to enable using multiple usb controller types. > > >> Its been unfortunate that i had been busy with other tasks, and couldn't > > >> look into this. > > >> Now that i got sometime, i have prepared a simple RFC patch which right > > >> now supports APIs translation for submit_control_msg(), > > >> submit_bulk_msg(), submit_int_msg(), and usb_lowlevel_init() as well as > > >> usb_lowlevel_stop(). This was the simplest approach that could > > >> differentiate between controller types. > > >> > > >> I had thought of another approach too, wherein there's a 'list' passed > > >> by the usb core layer, which would be filled with 'host_controller_drv' > > >> structure, that would contain information about the driver. And then > > >> each host controller driver will register certain callbacks that can be > > >> called from the upper layers. If you say i will send an RFC for this > > >> approach. > > > > > > I think this approach in this patchset will not play well with the driver > > > model. Instead, I'd love to see a mean to instantiate each *HCI > > > controller and have a USB core which would track those instances. The > > > USB core would then be able to call whatever generic ops on those > > > instances as needed. Does that make sense please ? > > > > True, i understand your point here. I think the second approach i was > > talking of, goes in this direction. > > I think i could not put it well in words there. > > > > I will prepare an RFC patch for that, and post it as soon as its > > ready, so that you can have > > a look. > > Ah, this would be so very appreciated! Thank you!
Should we consider just going straight for driver model? Regards, Simon
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