Re: [PATCH v2] net: phy: add Maxlinear GPY115/21x/24x driver

On 4/6/2021 1:05 am, Andrew Lunn wrote:

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The firmware version can change because of switch of the firmware during
running time.

Please could you explain this some more. What happens if i initialize
the PHY and then it decided to switch its firmware. Is the
configuration kept? Does it need reconfiguring?

       Andrew

In one of our product (in developing), the NIC driver can decide to 
switch to 2nd firmware.

The switch happens when network interface is down.

After the switch, when the network interface is up, phy_init_hw is 
triggered to init the phy.

The PHY device itself won't decide to switch firmware.