netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] bna: Added flash sub-module and ethtool eeprom entry points.

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Message-ID: <1324633462.3860.6.camel@deadeye>
Date:	Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:44:22 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	<kgudipat@...cade.com>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<adapter_linux_open_src_team@...cade.com>, <rmody@...cade.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bna: Added flash sub-module and ethtool eeprom
 entry points.

On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 15:29 -0800, kgudipat@...cade.com wrote:
> From: Krishna Gudipati <kgudipat@...cade.com>
> 
> Change details:
> 	- The patch adds flash sub-module to the bna driver.
> 	- Added ethtool set_eeprom() and get_eeprom() entry points to
> 	  support flash partition read/write operations.
[...]

I'm not going to say this is wrong, but we didn't find the EEPROM
operations suitable for firmware upgrade.  I have a couple of questions:

1. How long can a single set_eeprom() operation take?
2. Have you considered implementing the flash_device() operation or an
MTD driver?

Ben.

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