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diff --git a/Documentation/phy.txt b/Documentation/phy.txt index 371361c69a4b..b388c5af9e72 100644 --- a/Documentation/phy.txt +++ b/Documentation/phy.txt @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ struct phy *phy_get(struct device *dev, const char *string); struct phy *phy_optional_get(struct device *dev, const char *string); struct phy *devm_phy_get(struct device *dev, const char *string); struct phy *devm_phy_optional_get(struct device *dev, const char *string); +struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np, + int index); phy_get, phy_optional_get, devm_phy_get and devm_phy_optional_get can be used to get the PHY. In the case of dt boot, the string arguments @@ -86,7 +88,10 @@ successful PHY get. On driver detach, release function is invoked on the the devres data and devres data is freed. phy_optional_get and devm_phy_optional_get should be used when the phy is optional. These two functions will never return -ENODEV, but instead returns NULL when -the phy cannot be found. +the phy cannot be found.Some generic drivers, such as ehci, may use multiple +phys and for such drivers referencing phy(s) by name(s) does not make sense. In +this case, devm_of_phy_get_by_index can be used to get a phy reference based on +the index. It should be noted that NULL is a valid phy reference. All phy consumer calls on the NULL phy become NOPs. That is the release calls, |