Messages in this thread | | | From | Hayes Wang <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH net-next 4/4] r8152: support firmware of PHY NC for RTL8153A | Date | Tue, 22 Oct 2019 05:56:25 +0000 |
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Jakub Kicinski [mailto:jakub.kicinski@netronome.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:36 AM > To: Hayes Wang > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; nic_swsd; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > pmalani@chromium.org; grundler@chromium.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] r8152: support firmware of PHY NC for > RTL8153A > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:41:13 +0800, Hayes Wang wrote: > > Support the firmware of PHY NC which is used to fix the issue found > > for PHY. Currently, only RTL_VER_04, RTL_VER_05, and RTL_VER_06 need > > it. > > > > The order of loading PHY firmware would be > > > > RTL_FW_PHY_START > > RTL_FW_PHY_NC > > Perhaps that's obvious to others, but what's NC? :)
The PHY has several micro controllers which deal with different features. The NC is our internal name helping us to know which one is specified.
Best Regards, Hayes
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