Re: Aquantia PHY in OCSGMII mode?
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2025-08-04 14:54:18
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2025-08-04 14:54:18
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I don see any firmware problems. I have one of the latest builds, and from what I understand, the firmware consists of base image and additionally a provisioning table. But this table is a kind of pre-configuration. That means I can override the entire PHY configuration to my needs.
This pre-configuration is what i don't like about these PHYs. It means you cannot assume any register has the value the datasheet says it should have after a reset. The driver might work for you, but not for others because your firmware has different pre-configurations to other firmware. So in effect, the driver needs to write every single register with a known value... Andrew