[PATCH net-next v6 0/3] net: phylink: wait for a PHY that probes after the MAC

[Paolo Abeni]

On 10/13/26 17:12, Aleksei Sviridkin wrote:
> On 10/13/26 09:53, Paolo Abeni wrote:
>> The above looks like a significant amount of complexity for OoT driver,
>> and I understand it could be solved with a different kconf?
> 
> The PHY driver is in mainline, air_en8811h. Only the board's device
> tree lives in OpenWrt.
> 
> A config change can avoid it, but it is expensive here. Building
> air_en8811h in is not enough, since it loads its firmware with
> request_firmware_direct() from the root filesystem, which is not mounted
> yet when the switch probes. It also needs CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE with
> 144 KB of blobs, in a kernel that OpenWrt shares between every board
> of the subtarget.
> 
> Is that the expected answer for a board like this one, or would you
> take a smaller change in phylink?
To me this series still looks too much churn for something that has
alternative options. I would like to hear a 2nd opinion from Russell,
Andrew or Heiner.

/P