linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: hisi-festa: Add support for HiSilicon Festa PHYs

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Message-ID: <CAAXyoMNhG_4vYxxrHHHLHoSseCRGuEJPhRCOKXVv_LFrFXnyRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2023 23:29:32 +0800
From:   Yangfl <mmyangfl@...il.com>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: hisi-festa: Add support for HiSilicon Festa PHYs

Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com> 于2023年3月17日周五 22:59写道：
>
> On 17.03.2023 15:30, David Yang wrote:
> > HiSilicon Festa PHYs were used on some HiSilicon SoCs. This patch injects
> > firmwares found on vendor kernels.
> >
> What's the status of adding the firmware files to linux-firmware?
> I don't see any related patch in the linux-firmware mailing list archive.
>
> Any info on purpose of firmware? Does the PHY work normally also
> w/o firmware? Or is the firmware required?

I don't know if this patch is feasible; if yes, I will post files to
linux-firmware.

The firmware is optional; vendor kernel source simply said "improve
performance".