RE: [PATCH v3 2/2] cmd: brcm: netXtreme commands

[Roman Bacik <roman.bacik@broadcom.com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marek Behún <kabel@kernel.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 6:18 AM
> To: Roman Bacik <roman.bacik@broadcom.com>
> Cc: U-Boot Mailing List <u-boot@lists.denx.de>; Bharat Gooty
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] cmd: brcm: netXtreme commands
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:44:44 -0700
> Roman Bacik <roman.bacik@broadcom.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Bharat Gooty <bharat.gooty@broadcom.com>
> >
> > Following netXtreme commands are supported:
> > probe, remove.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bharat Gooty <bharat.gooty@broadcom.com>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Bacik <roman.bacik@broadcom.com>
>
> Hi Roman,
>
> why do you need to have custom command for probing / removing the
> driver?
>
> U-Boot PCI code should probe the driver automatically upon recognizing
> PCI vendor / device ID.
>
> Even if not, adding custom command for such a thing isn't nice, when we
> have the `dm` command for communicating with driver model.
>
> Marek

Hi Marek,

We do not want this driver to be automatically probed. It is not needed
all the time and also slows down the boot time. We have stripped down
everything else to bare minimum.
Thanks,

Roman

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