Re: [PATCH] cx82310_eth: wait for firmware to become ready

[David Miller]

From: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:29:37 +0100

> When the device is powered up, some (older) firmware versions fail to work
> properly if we send commands before the boot is complete (everything is OK
> when the device is hot-plugged). The firmware indicates its ready status by
> putting the link up.
> Newer firmwares delay the first command so they don't suffer from this problem.
> They also report the link being always up.
> 
> Wait for firmware to become ready (link up) before sending any commands and/or
> data.
> 
> This also allows lowering CMD_TIMEOUT value to a reasonable time.
> 
> Tested with 4.1.0.9 (old) and 4.1.0.30 (new) firmware versions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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