linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] i40e: Add handler for devlink .info

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 08:21:20 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>,
        Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] i40e: Add handler for devlink .info_get

On Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:56:20 +0200 Ivan Vecera wrote:
> > Your board reports "fw.psid 9.30", this may not be right,
> > PSID is more of a board+customer ID, IIUC. 9.30 looks like
> > a version, not an ID.  
> 
> Maybe plain 'fw' should be used for this '9.30' as this is a version
> of the whole software package provided by Intel for these adapters
> (e.g. 
> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18190/non-volatile-memory-nvm-update-utility-for-intel-ethernet-network-adapter-700-series.html).
> 
> Thoughts?

Hm, that could be better, yes.

Jake, any guidance?

> > UNDI means PXE. Is that whave "combo image" means for Intel?  
> 
> Combo image version (aka CIVD) is reported by nvmupdate tool and this
> should be version of OROM that contains PXE, EFI images that each of
> them can have specific version but this CIVD should be overall OROM 
> version for this combination of PXE and EFI. I hope I'm right.

Sounds good then!