[PATCH 11/12] USB: ehci-omap: Try to get PHY even if not in PHY mode

[Alan Stern]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, Felipe Balbi wrote:

> > >  		if (IS_ERR(phy) || !phy) {
> > > +			/* Don't bail out if PHY is not absolutely necessary */
> > > +			if (pdata->port_mode[i] != OMAP_EHCI_PORT_MODE_PHY)
> > > +				continue;
> > > +
> > >  			ret = IS_ERR(phy) ? PTR_ERR(phy) : -ENODEV;
> > >  			dev_err(dev, "Can't get PHY device for port %d: %d\n",
> > >  					i, ret);
> > 
> > Felipe, this is a strange interface.  Why do we sometimes get an 
> > error-pointer and sometimes get just NULL?  Why not always an 
> > error-pointer?
> 
> looks like we get NULL when PHY layer is disabled. Sounds like an
> oversight to me. Do you want to send a patch, or do I cook one and put
> yourself as Reported-by ?

You're more familiar with that code.  "Reported-by" is good enough for 
me.  :-)

Alan Stern