Re: [PATCH net-next] r8152: support request_firmware for RTL8153

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Oct 16 2019 - 14:31:13 EST


From: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:02:42 +0800

> This patch supports loading additional firmware file through
> request_firmware().
>
> A firmware file may include a header followed by several blocks
> which have different types of firmware. Currently, the supported
> types are RTL_FW_END, RTL_FW_PLA, and RTL_FW_USB.
>
> The firmware is used to fix some compatible or hardware issues. For
> example, the device couldn't be found after rebooting several times.
>
> The supported chips are
> RTL_VER_04 (rtl8153a-2.fw)
> RTL_VER_05 (rtl8153a-3.fw)
> RTL_VER_06 (rtl8153a-4.fw)
> RTL_VER_09 (rtl8153b-2.fw)
>
> Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Prashant Malani <pmalani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.