netdev - RE: [PATCH] bnx2x: update fw to 7.8.17

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Date:	Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:43:41 +0000
From:	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
To:	"Ben Hutchings" <ben@...adent.org.uk>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ariel Elior" <ariele@...adcom.com>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] bnx2x: update fw to 7.8.17

Hi Ben,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Ben Hutchings
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 6:18 PM
> To: Dmitry Kravkov
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; Ariel Elior; Eilon Greenstein; David Woodhouse
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: update fw to 7.8.17
> 
> On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 21:24 +0200, Dmitry Kravkov wrote:
> > This new firmware includes the following changes:
> >
> > 1. Several corner case bugs in iSCSI code.
> > 2. Fixes for FCoE including support for 3PAR targets.
> > 3. Fixes for SR-IOV behaviour including:
> > 	a. Remove FW assert erroneously triggered during FLR.
> > 	b. Several fixes in FLR flow.
> > 	c. Prevent VF crash when packet bigger than MTU arrives.
> > 	d. Improve security against malicious VF.
> > 4. Added CSUM and TSO support for encapsulation protocols.
> > 5. Added RSS capability for GRE traffic based on inner headers.
> > 6. Added FCoE support for 4-port 57840 devices.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
> > ---
> > Please consider adding to linux-firmware tree.
> [...]
> 
> Applied, thanks.
> 
I'm looking for the FW at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
but the latest commit there is:
commit c11f374afdd2a3ff0665c1cb0aab4ad0c6573ec7
    cx231xx/cx23885: Remove incorrect Conexant CX23885 firmware 

Am I looking at the right location?

Thanks
Dmitry
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> Always try to do things in chronological order;
> it's less confusing that way.