netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] net: phy: aquantia: add firmware load support

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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 16:28:31 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christian Marangi
 <ansuelsmth@...il.com>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] net: phy: aquantia: add firmware load
 support

On Sat, 30 Sep 2023 12:39:44 +0200 Robert Marko wrote:
> +	ret = of_property_read_string(dev->of_node, "firmware-name",
> +				      &fw_name);

Perhaps a well established weirdness of the embedded world but why read
the fw name from OF?! You can identify what PHY it is and decide the
file name based on that. And also put that fw name in MODULE_FIRMWARE()
so that initramfs can be built with appropriate file in place :S

> +	ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, dev);