Driver(s) for Synopsys' DesignWare USB OTG

[Peter Chen]

2012/1/8 Nikolai Zhubr <n-a-zhubr at yandex.ru>:
> Hello developers,
>
> I'm trying to find/combine/fix a driver for Synopsys' DesignWare USB
> controller. This thing is USB 2.0 host/slave/otg capable and is used in
> various SoCs including Amlogic 8726M, Ralink RT305x, and probably more.
>
> There is some code floating around, partly usable, but all I could see for
> now is really not perfect. I also saw commit logs on linuxppc-dev, but
> failed to find out what repository they are related to. I'd like to know if
> someone is currently developing/testing/maintaining the driver or is
> planning to do so in the near future (in a FOSS-friendly manner - making
> development results public immediately and with eventual goal of inclusion
> into mainline) in order to avoid duplicate/uncoordinated work and waste of
> effort.
>
> I'm currently examining 2 versions (That is, 2 sets of files):
>
> 1. From android kernel for 8726m-based tablets (like the one I own). Usable
> to some extent, but there are issues (e.g. it looks like certain packets get
> corrupted, reproducibly, relevant dumps are available)
>
> 2. From openwrt kernel for RT305x-based routers. The code looks a bit more
> tidy, but not quite well updated (slave-mode parts are unused in openwrt and
> they can not even be compiled for modern kernels without certain patching;
> have not tried host-mode on the hardware yet)
>
> Quite obviously both versions originated from the same code initially, but
> subsequently were apparently tested/corrected/updated by separate teams. It
> is not quite clear if all bugfixes were cross-applied carefully (if at all).
> I was initially hoping that compare and bisect will just do the job, but the
> driver is quite huge... and some files have diverged substantially in the 2
> versions, so at the moment I'm a bit fed up and will probably resume a bit
> later. Meanwhile, I'd be happy to discuss the subject with whoever
> interested in order to plan my further steps.

Please see:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=129906859817430&w=2

I am not sure we can combine all Synopsys USB drivers to single file, but we
can try combine similar IP versions to one file, this work may need all Synopsys
USB IP driver maintainer work together.


> Thank you.
> Nikolai.
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-- 
BR,
Peter Chen