netdev - Re: [PATCH linux-firmware] qed: Add FW 8.10.5.0

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Date:	Sun, 29 May 2016 13:17:01 -0400
From:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>
To:	Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-firmware@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-firmware] qed: Add FW 8.10.5.0

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:50:02AM +0300, Yuval Mintz wrote:
> The new QED firmware contains several new additions;
> As for bug-fixes, it fixes a couple of issues:
>  - Wrong classification of packets in 4-port devices.
>  - Anti-spoof interoperability with encapsulated packets.
>  - Tx-switching of encapsulated packets.
> It also slightly improves Tx performance in several scenarios.
> 
> >From the driver's feature-set POV, this firmware would
> allow us to add 2 major enhancements in the near future:
>  - It would allow us produce a register dump from the device,
>    as well as other debug-related information.
>  - It should be sufficient for our iscsi driver, which we [hopefully]
>    plan to push upstream soon.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>

Merged, thanks Yuval.

--Kyle