netdev - Re: [PATCH linux-firmware] qed: Add firmware 8.20.0.0

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2017 11:12:33 -0700
From:   Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>
To:     Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-firmware@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-firmware] qed: Add firmware 8.20.0.0

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 02:39:24PM +0300, Yuval Mintz wrote:
> The new QED firmware has 2 main purposes -
> First, it contains fixes to various initializations and firmware
> logic including:
>  - Corrects iSCSI fast retransmit when data digest is enabled.
>  - Stop draining packets when receiving several consecutive PFCs.
>  - Prevent possible assertion when consecutively opening/closing
>    many connections.
>  - Prevent possible asserton due to too long BDQ fetch time.
> 
> In addition, this firmware contains sufficient infrastructure on which
> we'll add iWARP support in our drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
> ---
> Hi,
> 
> Please consider applying this to `linux-firmware'.
> 

applied, thanks Yuval.

regards, Kyle