From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Birger Koblitz <mail@birger-koblitz.de>
Cc: Jianhui Xu <neuromoments@gmail.com>,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
hkallweit1@gmail.com, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
linux@armlinux.org.uk, netdev@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 00/13] ax88179_178a: Add support for AX88179A-based chips
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:35:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11b179af-eb30-41bd-a110-a5d3b036d3a0@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <904f166a-b3c4-4579-9614-6ebe3dc18277@birger-koblitz.de>
> The device has LEDs, but they are entirely controlled by firmware. The behaviour
> can be configured from the EEPROM. Writing to the EEPROM involves stopping
> the firmware on the device. There are no temperature sensors, or maybe there are,
> but the firmware hides them from us.
That keeps thinks simpler.
> There is no physical access to the MDIO bus, as MAC and PHY are in the same
> chip. I hope that otherwise we are safe from firmware interference, though.
It is the sort of thing which you find out in time. As you have seen,
there can be race conditions, and there could be issues hiding until
specific timing is hit to trigger them. But there is little we can do
about that, so lets just go with what you have.
Andrew
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 17:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 19:35 [PATCH net-next v6 00/13] ax88179_178a: Add support for AX88179A-based chips Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:35 ` [PATCH net-next v6 01/13] ax88179_178a: Fix endianness of pause watermark register Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 02/13] ax88179_178a: Split driver into library and device specific code Birger Koblitz
2026-08-09 0:57 ` Jianhui Xu
2026-08-09 3:39 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 03/13] ax88179_178a: Add netdev2data() convenience function Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 04/13] ax88179_178a: Add HW support for AX179A-based chips Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 05/13] ax88179_178a: Add EEE configuration support for AX88179A MACs Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 06/13] ax88179_178a: Add EEE configuration support for AX88179A PHYs Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 07/13] ax88179_178a: Add VLAN offload support for AX88179A Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 08/13] ax88179_178a: Add AX179A/AX279 multicast configuration Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 09/13] ax88179_178a: Add Suspend/resume support for AX88179A/772D/279 Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 10/13] ax88179_178a: Add ethtool get_drvinfo Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 11/13] ax88179_178a: Update driver name and information Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 12/13] ax88179_178a: Add support for AX88179A/772D/279 EEPROM access Birger Koblitz
2026-08-06 19:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 13/13] ax88796b: Add support for AX88772D, AX88179A and AX88279 Birger Koblitz
2026-08-09 1:36 ` [PATCH net-next v6 00/13] ax88179_178a: Add support for AX88179A-based chips Jianhui Xu
2026-08-09 4:33 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-08-10 1:35 ` Jianhui Xu
2026-08-10 10:43 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-08-10 13:25 ` Andrew Lunn
2026-08-10 16:17 ` Birger Koblitz
2026-08-10 17:35 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
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