Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] r8152: support firmware of PHY NC for RTL8153A

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 23:36:30 EST


On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:41:13 +0800, Hayes Wang wrote:
> Support the firmware of PHY NC which is used to fix the issue found
> for PHY. Currently, only RTL_VER_04, RTL_VER_05, and RTL_VER_06 need
> it.
>
> The order of loading PHY firmware would be
>
> RTL_FW_PHY_START
> RTL_FW_PHY_NC

Perhaps that's obvious to others, but what's NC? :)

> RTL_FW_PHY_STOP
>
> The RTL_FW_PHY_START/RTL_FW_PHY_STOP are used to lock/unlock the PHY,
> and set/clear the patch key from the firmware file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx>