netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] nfp: extend firmware request logic

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:26:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] nfp: extend firmware request logic

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:09:45 -0700

> We have been pondering for some time how to support loading different
> application firmwares onto NFP.  We want to support both users selecting
> one of the firmware images provided by Netronome (which are optimized
> for different use cases each) as well as firmware images created  by 
> users themselves or other companies.
> 
> In the end we decided to go with the simplest solution - depending on
> the right firmware image being placed in /lib/firmware.  This vastly
> simplifies driver logic and also doesn't require any new API.
> 
> Different NICs on one system may want to run different applications
> therefore we first try to load firmware specific to the device (by 
> serial number of PCI slot) and if not present try the device model
> based name we have been using so far.

Series applied, thanks Jakub.