Jakub Kicinski [mailto:jakub.kicin...@netronome.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:36 AM > To: Hayes Wang > Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; nic_swsd; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; > pmal...@chromium.org; grund...@chromium.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] r8152: support firmware of PHY NC for > RTL8153A > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:41:13 +0800, Hayes Wang wrote: > > Support the firmware of PHY NC which is used to fix the issue found > > for PHY. Currently, only RTL_VER_04, RTL_VER_05, and RTL_VER_06 need > > it. > > > > The order of loading PHY firmware would be > > > > RTL_FW_PHY_START > > RTL_FW_PHY_NC > > Perhaps that's obvious to others, but what's NC? :)
The PHY has several micro controllers which deal with different features. The NC is our internal name helping us to know which one is specified. Best Regards, Hayes
