netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: marvell10g: add firmware load support

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Date:   Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:30:38 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Shmuel Hazan <sh@...s.co.il>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: marvell10g: add firmware load support



On 3/31/2020 11:16 AM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 31.03.2020 19:47, Baruch Siach wrote:
>> When Marvell 88X3310 and 88E2110 hardware configuration SPI_CONFIG strap
>> bit is pulled up, the host must load firmware to the PHY after reset.
>> Add support for loading firmware.
>>
>> Firmware files are available from Marvell under NDA.
>>
> 
> Loading firmware files that are available under NDA only in GPL-licensed
> code may be problematic. I'd expect firmware files to be available in
> linux-firmware at least.
> I'd be interested in how the other phylib maintainers see this.

I second that, having the firmware available in linux-firmware is
necessary for this code to be accepted.
-- 
Florian