RE: [PATCH v9 7/8] PCI: imx6: Move the phy driver callbacks to the proper places

[Hongxing Zhu <hongxing.zhu@nxp.com>]

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 7/8] PCI: imx6: Move the phy driver callbacks to the
> proper places
> 
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 06:20:16AM +0000, Hongxing Zhu wrote:
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> > > From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
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> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 7/8] PCI: imx6: Move the phy driver callbacks
> > > to the proper places
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 09:47:08AM +0800, Richard Zhu wrote:
> > > > To make it more reasonable, move the phy_power_on/phy_init
> > > > callbacks to the proper places.
> > > > - move the phy_power_on() out of imx6_pcie_clk_enable().
> > > > - move the phy_init() out of imx6_pcie_deassert_core_reset().
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what "make it more reasonable" is telling me.  In
> > > subject line and commit log, please say something more specific than
> > > "the proper places."
> > >
> > > It's probably more important to say where they are moving *to* than
> > > where they're moving *out of*.
> 
> > Thanks for your comments.
> > In another review loop listed below, Lucas used said that it's not
> > good to hide PHY init in imx6_pcie_assert_core_reset() So, I make a
> > try to move the phy_init() out of imx6_pcie_assert_core_reset().
> > And move phy_power_on() out of imx6_pcie_clk_enable() accordingly.
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> > reserved=0 Okay, I would specific that they are moving *to* later.
> >
> > > > In order to save power consumption, turn off the clocks and
> > > > regulators when the imx6_pcie_host_init() return error.
> > >
> > > Is the power savings the *reason* for this change?  I can't tell
> > > from the commit log.
> >
> > The error handling of the imx6_pcie_host_init() is not mentioned in
> > the subject.  Should I split these changes into two patches?
> 
> If they can be split, they probably should be split.
Got that, thanks a lot.

Best Regards
Richard Zhu