Re: [PATCH v2] net: phy: add Maxlinear GPY115/21x/24x driver

[Liang Xu <lxu@maxlinear.com>]

On 3/6/2021 11:21 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 03:10:31PM +0000, Liang Xu wrote:
>> On 3/6/2021 5:17 pm, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
>>>> +static int gpy_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
>>>> +{
>>>> + int ret, fw_ver;
>>>> +
>>>> + /* Show GPY PHY FW version in dmesg */
>>>> + fw_ver = phy_read(phydev, PHY_FWV);
>>>> + if (fw_ver < 0)
>>>> + return fw_ver;
>>>> +
>>>> + phydev_info(phydev, "Firmware Version: 0x%04X (%s)\n", fw_ver,
>>>> + (fw_ver & PHY_FWV_REL_MASK) ? "release" : "test");
>>> Does this need to print the firmware version each time config_init()
>>> is called? Is it likely to change beyond? Would it be more sensible
>>> to print it in the probe() method?
>> The firmware version can change in device with different firmware
>> loading mechanism.
>>
>> I moved the print to probe and tested a few devices, found in some cases
>> it did not print the active version number.
> That actually sounds like a real problem. If it is still in the
> bootloader when the driver is probed, the driver should not be writing
> any configuration registers until the real image is running. So it
> sounds like you need a probe function which checks if the PHY has
> finished booting, and if not, wait for the real firmware to start
> running.
>
>          Andrew
>
I think my word was misleading.

The device always has valid firmware running.

The firmware version can change because of switch of the firmware during 
running time.