netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: marvell10g: report if the PHY fails to boot firmware

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Message-Id: <20190529.142634.185656643572931597.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 14:26:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: marvell10g: report if the PHY fails to boot
 firmware

From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 10:34:42 +0100

> Some boards do not have the PHY firmware programmed in the 3310's flash,
> which leads to the PHY not working as expected.  Warn the user when the
> PHY fails to boot the firmware and refuse to initialise.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

Longer term in net-next we can do the PHY_HALTED thing so that the PHY
is accessible to update/fix the broken firmware.