Re: [net-next RFC PATCH v6 3/4] net: phy: aquantia: add firmware load support

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Thu, Nov 09, 2023 at 01:32:52PM +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> From: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
> 
> Aquantia PHY-s require firmware to be loaded before they start operating.
> It can be automatically loaded in case when there is a SPI-NOR connected
> to Aquantia PHY-s or can be loaded from the host via MDIO.
> 
> This patch adds support for loading the firmware via MDIO as in most cases
> there is no SPI-NOR being used to save on cost.
> Firmware loading code itself is ported from mainline U-boot with cleanups.
> 
> The firmware has mixed values both in big and little endian.
> PHY core itself is big-endian but it expects values to be in little-endian.
> The firmware is little-endian but CRC-16 value for it is stored at the end
> of firmware in big-endian.
> 
> It seems the PHY does the conversion internally from firmware that is
> little-endian to the PHY that is big-endian on using the mailbox
> but mailbox returns a big-endian CRC-16 to verify the written data
> integrity.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew