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Message-ID: <1305070078.30435.103.camel@i7.infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 00:27:57 +0100
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
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 16:19 -0700, Michael Chan wrote:
> > > 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.
OK, patch applied and pushed; thanks.
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