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

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 23:22:44 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 02:26:34PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

Thanks David.

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