On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 04:58:44PM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> On 20-10-20 16:28, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > On 20-10-20 16:09, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 03:33:17PM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > > > Hi Uwe,
> > > > 
> > > > On 20-10-20 13:15, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > > > > Instead of just ignoring errors related to regulator getting error out.
> > > > > In case there is no regulator in the device tree, regulator_get() returns
> > > > > the dummy regulator and not an error code, so the change is right for
> > > > > this situation, too.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/usb/imx/chipidea-imx.c | 7 +++++--
> > > > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/imx/chipidea-imx.c b/drivers/usb/imx/chipidea-imx.c
> > > > > index 786beede6d89..dd0e3c1a2a58 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/usb/imx/chipidea-imx.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/usb/imx/chipidea-imx.c
> > > > > @@ -267,8 +267,11 @@ static int imx_chipidea_probe(struct device_d *dev)
> > > > >  	}
> > > > >  
> > > > >  	ci->vbus = regulator_get(dev, "vbus");
> > > > > -	if (IS_ERR(ci->vbus))
> > > > > -		ci->vbus = NULL;
> > > > > +	if (IS_ERR(ci->vbus)) {
> > > > > +		ret = ERR_PTR(ci->vbus);
> > > > > +		dev_err(dev, "Cannot get vbus regulator: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
> > > > > +		return ret;
> > > > 
> > > > Returning the error here can cause problems with exisiting boards, e.g.
> > > > if the regulator support is missing for the specified vbus regulator.
> > > > This is often the case since we have very limited regulator support for
> > > > now.
> > > 
> > > But when there is a regulator we also have to control it, right?
> > 
> > So you need to add each regulator driver or worst case you need to add
> > PMIC drivers.

Right, as if you don't the hardware might be off and USB won't work
without a useful error message.

> > If I remember correctly, I added the same for mci which
> > broke a lot of boards. Later you reverted those commit. Now Oleksij
> > added the regulator support for the fec driver and people are starting 
> > to remove the phy-supply handle from the barebox-dt's (commit 84cf5cfa9a
> > ("ARM: dts: imx6qdl: pfla02: Remove fec phy-supply")). I'm not again

Looking at 84cf5cfa9a there is at least a comment missing about why this
property is deleted. Something like

diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-phytec-pfla02.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-phytec-pfla02.dtsi
index b83511cb011f..7a12e2a06be4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-phytec-pfla02.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx6qdl-phytec-pfla02.dtsi
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
 };
 
 &fec {
+	/*
+	 * barebox doesn't have a driver for the PMIC providing the phy-supply
+	 * (dlg,da9063). So remove the phy-supply property and rely on the
+	 * PMIC's reset default which has this supply enabled.
+	 */
 	/delete-property/ phy-supply;
 };
 

> > this patch, just wanted to show the consequences of it.
> 
> Sorry I have to correct myself, pls check the linux driver:
> 
> static int ci_get_platdata(struct device *dev,
> 			   struct ci_hdrc_platform_data *platdata)
> {
> 
> ...
> 
> /* Get the vbus regulator */
> platdata->reg_vbus = devm_regulator_get_optional(dev, "vbus");
> if (PTR_ERR(platdata->reg_vbus) == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
> 	return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> } else if (PTR_ERR(platdata->reg_vbus) == -ENODEV) {
> 	/* no vbus regulator is needed */
> 	platdata->reg_vbus = NULL;
> } else if (IS_ERR(platdata->reg_vbus)) {
> 	dev_err(dev, "Getting regulator error: %ld\n",
> 		PTR_ERR(platdata->reg_vbus));
> 	return PTR_ERR(platdata->reg_vbus);
> }

The difference between regulator_get and regulator_get_optional is that
the former doesn't return -ENODEV but yields the dummy regulator
instead. (Yes, this is the inversed semantic compared with
gpio_get_optional() and clk_get_optional().) So using
devm_regulator_get_optional and ignoring -ENODEV is kind of strange.  So
I think the above can be simplified to:

	platdata->reg_vbus = devm_regulator_get(dev, "vbus");
	if (IS_ERR(platdata->reg_vbus))
		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(platdata->reg_vbus),
				     "Failed to get vbus regulator\n");
	

and then it is more obvious that my barebox patch does the same.

Am I missing something?

Best regards
Uwe

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