Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: txgbe: change hw reset mode

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:28:44 -0700

On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:18:46 +0800 [email-masked] wrote:
> > Why were you using the more complex FW command then rather than just 
> > the register write, previously then?
> 
> Using FW command can notify fw that lan reset has happened, then FW
> can configure something which should reconfigure.

This sentence is not entirely clear to me.

> Drivers write the register, the FW will not know lan reset has happened.
> 
> Later, we found the things which FW need in NCSI/LLDP/WOL... is only the phy. 
> So just block phy reset, and use simple the register write.

Fair enough, please include the explanation of backward compatibility
in the commit message and post a v2.