Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:23:45 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cx82310_eth: wait for firmware to become ready | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:29:37 +0100
> When the device is powered up, some (older) firmware versions fail to work > properly if we send commands before the boot is complete (everything is OK > when the device is hot-plugged). The firmware indicates its ready status by > putting the link up. > Newer firmwares delay the first command so they don't suffer from this problem. > They also report the link being always up. > > Wait for firmware to become ready (link up) before sending any commands and/or > data. > > This also allows lowering CMD_TIMEOUT value to a reasonable time. > > Tested with 4.1.0.9 (old) and 4.1.0.30 (new) firmware versions. > > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>
Applied, thanks.
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