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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:04:05 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: "Kubalewski, Arkadiusz" <arkadiusz.kubalewski@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1] ice: add CGU info to devlink info callback
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:43:52 +0000 Kubalewski, Arkadiusz wrote:
> >Is it flashed together with the rest of the FW components of the NIC?
> >Or the update method is different?
>
> Right now there is no mechanics for CGU firmware update at all, this is why I
> mention that this is for now mostly for debugging purposes.
> There are already some works ongoing to have CGU FW update possible, first with
> Intel's nvmupdate packages and tools. But, for Linux we probably also gonna
> need to support update through devlink, at least this seems right thing to do,
> as there is already possibility to update NIC firmware with devlink.
Only FW versions which are updated with a single flashing operation /
are part of a single FW image should be reported under the device
instance. If the flash is separate you need to create a separate
devlink (sub)instance or something along those lines.
Differently put - the components in the API are components of the FW
image, not components of a board.
We had a similar discussion about "line cards" before.
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