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

[Marek Behún]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:05:11 -0700
Roman Bacik <roman.bacik at broadcom.com> wrote:

> chimp_ld_secure #this command loads FW, which is necessary for PCIe to
> enumerate it
> pci enum #this command is necessary to call bnxt_bind

Wait, so what is this firmware for? Is it firmware for the netXtreme
controller or for PCIe controller itself?

If it is for the ethernet controller, you should be able to determine
whether there is netXtreme card present on the PCI bus without loading
the firmware, by looking at PCI vendor / device ID.

In that case the firmware should be loaded when the ethernet controller
is requested for, i.e. the ethact env variable points to that
controller and a network command is executed (dhcp, tftpboot, ...).

(The ethact variable is used to set which ethernet controller is used
 for network commands when there are multiple etherent controllers.)