[PATCH v3 4/4] net: phy: aquantia: use generic firmware loader

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at mailbox.org
Thu Oct 30 03:24:56 CET 2025


On 10/14/25 2:12 PM, Beiyan Yun wrote:
> Aquantia PHYs are being used w/o SPI flash in some routers recently.
> Current firmware loader only attempts to load from FS on top of MMC,
> limiting the use on many devices.
> 
> Removed the old firmware loader, migrate to generic firmware loader to
> allow a wider range and runtime override of firmware source. (e.g., USB).
> 
> Tested on Buffalo WXR18000BE10P with UBIFS.
> 
> Tested-by: Beiyan Yun <root at infi.wang>

Please don't add own Tested-by tags.

> Signed-off-by: Beiyan Yun <root at infi.wang>
> 
> 

Newlines not needed before ---

> ---
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - Select FW_LOADER with PHY_AQUANTIA_UPLOAD_FW
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Add support for script based loader
> 
>   drivers/net/phy/Kconfig    |  24 ++++---
>   drivers/net/phy/aquantia.c | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>   2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

Would it be possible to split this patch up a bit, so it is easier to 
review ? Clean ups and code moves first, functional changes second ?

Thank you


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