netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: phy: aquantia: wait for FW reset before checking the vendor ID

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Message-ID: <44cf011b-ec81-4826-b7c2-1a8d57594fca@lunn.ch>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:27:00 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
	Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: phy: aquantia: wait for FW reset
 before checking the vendor ID

On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 08:45:46PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
> 
> Checking the firmware register before it boots makes no sense, it will
> report 0 even if FW is loaded. Always wait for FW to boot before
> continuing.

Please split this patch up. One patch which renames the method to the
more generic aqr_ since it is used by more than aqr107. Then add the
new use of it.

Is this actually a fix? What happens to the firmware if you try to
download it while it is still booting? Or do you end up downloading
firmware when it is not actually needed? Please expand the commit
message.

    Andrew

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