netdev - Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: bnx2: Update firmware and version

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Message-ID: <1305069556.9029.133.camel@nseg_linux_HP1.broadcom.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 16:19:16 -0700
From:	"Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
To:	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: bnx2: Update firmware and version


On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 16:10 -0700, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 15:16 -0700, Michael Chan wrote:
> > upstream kernel commit dc187cb381f1bceb30498861ece510245c43ed9f
> 
> This stuff should no longer get changed in the upstream kernel; what's
> there is *historical* and due for deletion.

OK, no more from now on.

> 
> > Update 5709 mips firmware to 6.2.1a to fix iSCSI performance
> > regression.  There was an unnecessary context read in the fast path
> > affecting performance. 
> 
> Is this update not ABI compatible? You have changed the soname of the
> firmware... was that intentional?
> 

The firmware is tightly coupled to the driver.  We only test one
combination of driver/firmware and don't guarantee compatibility with
other combinations.


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