[PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: phy: mediatek: add driver for built-in 2.5G ethernet PHY on MT7988

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 10:12:04AM +0000, SkyLake Huang (黃啟澤) wrote:
> On Wed, 2025-02-19 at 09:33 +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > 
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> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 04:39:10PM +0800, Sky Huang wrote:
> > > +static int mt798x_2p5ge_phy_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
> > > +{
> > > +     struct pinctrl *pinctrl;
> > > +     int ret;
> > > +
> > > +     /* Check if PHY interface type is compatible */
> > > +     if (phydev->interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_INTERNAL)
> > > +             return -ENODEV;
> > > +
> > > +     ret = mt798x_2p5ge_phy_load_fw(phydev);
> > > +     if (ret < 0)
> > > +             return ret;
> > 
> > Firmware should not be loaded in the .config_init method. The above
> > call will block while holding the RTNL which will prevent all other
> > network configuration until the firmware has been loaded or the load
> > fails.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
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> 
> Actually, I wrote fw loading flow in .probe. However, during boot time,
> .probe is called at very early stage (about the first 2s after booting
> into Linux Kernel). At that time, filesystem isn't ready yet and phy
> driver can't locate /lib/firmware/mediatek/mt7988/i2p5ge-phy-pmb.bin.

Tell Dracut or whatever you are using to build the initramfs to
include the firmware. That is what MODULE_FIRMWARE() is for.

	Andrew