netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] qed: IOV series

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:40:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] qed: IOV series - relax firmware
 requirements

From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 13:11:10 +0300

> In order for VFs to work, current implementation demands that the VF's
> requried storm firmware would be exactly the version that was loaded by
> the PF, which is a very harsh requirement.
> This patch series is intended to relax this -
> the recently submitted firmware is intended to be forward/backward
> compatible in its fastpath [slowpath is configured by PF on behalf of VF],
> and so VFs would only be required of having the same major faspath HSI in
> order to work.
> 
> Most of the other patches in this series extend current forward
> compatibilty of driver to reduce chance of breaking PF/VF compatibility
> in the future. A few are unrelated IOV changes.

Series applied, thanks.