netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] Add support to download EEE firmware for the 57766

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Date:	Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:32:02 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nsujir@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] Add support to download EEE firmware for
 the 57766

From: "Nithin Nayak Sujir" <nsujir@...adcom.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:02:28 -0800

> For the 57766 devices with no NVRAM, there is not enough space for the complete
> boot code with EEE support. On these devices, the tg3 driver has to download
> a service patch firmware to the scratchpad for the boot code to execute. This
> patchset adds support to do the above.
> 
> A major portion of this patchset is refactoring the existing firmware download
> section to allow a cleaner merge of the 57766 download. The 57766 firmware
> differs from previous firmware in that it's not written to a contiguous area in
> memory. It consists of multiple fragments to be written to different locations.
> The patchset makes an attempt to make the new firmware format to be an
> extension of the existing format.

Series applied, thanks.
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