netdev - Re: [PATCH linux-firmware] linux-firmware: bnx2: Update mips firmware to fix iSCSI problems

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Message-ID: <20111221181350.GG20752@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:13:50 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Cc:	'Eric Dumazet' <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"'dwmw2@...radead.org'" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"'netdev@...r.kernel.org'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-firmware] linux-firmware: bnx2: Update mips
 firmware to fix iSCSI problems

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 04:49:10PM +0000, Michael Chan wrote:
> Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > Le dimanche 18 décembre 2011 à 20:13 -0800, Michael Chan a écrit :
> > > New firmware fixes iSCSI problems with some LeftHand targets that
> > don't
> > > set TTT=0xffffffff for Data-In according to spec.  Firmware generates
> > > exception warnings for this condition and becomes very slow.  This is
> > > fixed by suppressing these warnings when using default error mask.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
> > > ---
> > >  WHENCE                      |    2 ++
> > >  bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw  |  Bin 0 -> 92824 bytes
> > >  bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw |  Bin 0 -> 103904 bytes
> > >  3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 bnx2/bnx2-mips-06-6.2.3.fw
> > >  create mode 100644 bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw
> > 
> > IMHO, this should be applied _before_ the drivers/net patch.
> > 
> 
> Ben,
> 
> If David Woodhouse is not available, can you help us apply this firmware
> patch?

Yes, but please don't expect instant response.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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                                                              - Albert Camus
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