netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: Add a new ethtool option to flash a firmware image from the specified file to a device.

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Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:43:59 +0530
From:	Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@...verengines.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, jgarzik@...ox.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: Add a new ethtool option to flash a firmware
	image from the specified file to a device.

On 03/09/09 08:33 +0530, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> This patch adds a new "-f" option to the ethtool utility
> to flash a firmware image specified by a file, to a network device.
> The filename is passed to the network driver which will flash the image
> on the chip using the request_firmware path.
> 
> The region "on the chip" to be flashed can be specified by an option.
> It is upto the device driver to enumerate the region number passed by ethtool,
> to the region to be flashed.
> 
> The default behavior is to flash all the regions on the chip.
> 
> Usage:
> ethtool -f <interface name> <filename of firmware image>
> 
> ethtool -f <interface name> <filename of firmware image> [ REGION-NUMBER-TO-FLASH ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@...verengines.com>

When will this change make it to the ethtool source?
Anything that I need to do from my side?
I hope this is the right place to submit such changes.

Thanks
-Ajit
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