netdev - Re: [drivers/net/phy/sfp] intermittent failure in state machine checks

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:22:06 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     ѽ҉ᶬḳ℠ <vtol@....net>
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [drivers/net/phy/sfp] intermittent failure in state machine
 checks

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:19:47AM +0000, ѽ҉ᶬḳ℠ wrote:
> I just came across this
> http://edgemax5.rssing.com/chan-66822975/all_p1715.html#item34298
> 
> and albeit for a SFP g.fast module it indicates/implies that Metanoia
> provides own Linux drivers (supposedly GPL licensed), plus some bits
> pertaining to the EBM (Ethernet Boot Management protocol).
> 
> Has Metanoia submitted any SFP drivers to upstream kernel development?

I have also not seen any. You could ask for the sources. It is
unlikely we would use them, but they could provide documentation about
the quirks needed to make this device work properly.

    Andrew