Re: [PATCH v5 4/5] net: rnpgbe: Add basic mbx_fw support

[Andrew Lunn]

> +int mucse_mbx_get_capability(struct mucse_hw *hw)
> +{
> +	struct hw_abilities ability = {};
> +	int try_cnt = 3;
> +	int err = -EIO;
> +
> +	while (try_cnt--) {
> +		err = mucse_fw_get_capability(hw, &ability);
> +		if (err)
> +			continue;
> +		hw->pfvfnum = le16_to_cpu(ability.pfnum);
> +		hw->fw_version = le32_to_cpu(ability.fw_version);
> +		hw->usecstocount = le32_to_cpu(ability.axi_mhz);

If you can get it from the hardware, why do you need to initialise it
in the earlier patch?

I guess you have a bootstrap problem, you need it to get it. But
cannot you just initialise it to a single pessimistic value which will
work well enough for all hardware variants until you can actually ask
the hardware?

    Andrew