Re: [PATCH net v4 2/2] net: phy: mdio-i2c: defer RollBall bridge probe to PHY discovery

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:44:19 +0200 Aleksander Jan Bajkowski wrote:
> > For genuine RollBall modules (e.g. FLYPRO SFP-10GT-CS-30M with Aquantia
> > AQR113C) the probe now runs after initialization is complete and
> > correctly returns 0, so PHY detection proceeds normally.  
> The FLPRO SFP module still fails to detect the PHY. It is necessary to
> increase `module_t_wait` to 20 seconds. Most likely, during this time
> the module loads the PHY firmware from SPI memory or from the
> microcontroller (rollball bridge) via MDIO. Same probably applies to
> most SFP modules with a PHY that load firmware at start-up (AQR113,
> RTL8261C etc.).

Just to clarify is FLPRO a typo or a knock off ?
Do you want something to be changed here or you're just flagging that
more follow ups are needed if we want to cover more modules?