linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] net: marvell: prestera: enlarge fw restart time

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:10:22 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Elad Nachman <enachman@...vell.com>
Cc: taras.chornyi@...ision.eu, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, kory.maincent@...tlin.com,
	thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, miquel.raynal@...tlin.com,
	przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com, dkirjanov@...e.de,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] net: marvell: prestera: enlarge fw restart time

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 07:20:05PM +0200, Elad Nachman wrote:
> From: Elad Nachman <enachman@...vell.com>
> 
> Increase firmware restart timeout, as current timeout value of 5 seconds
> was too small, in actual life it can take up to 30 seconds for firmware
> to shutdown and for the firmware loader to shift to the ready to receive
> firmware code state.

So this means the probe can be waiting 30 seconds?

This seems like a really good reason not to reset the hardware during
-EPROBE_DEFER.

	Andrew