netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] qlcnic: fix flash fw version read

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Message-Id: <20110110.133504.209973144.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:35:04 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amit.salecha@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ameen.rahman@...gic.com,
	anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] qlcnic: fix flash fw version read

From: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:15:21 -0800

> Driver is reading flash fw version from defined address, this address
> may be invalid. Indeed Driver should read address for fw version through
> flash layout table. Flash layout table has defined region and address for
> fw version address should be read from fw image region.
> 
> Driver has check for old firmware, this bug can cause driver load fail.
> This patch will try to read fw version from flash image region, if that fails,
> read from defined address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>

Applied.
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