netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4] be2net: Warn users of possible broken functionality on BE2 cards with very old FW versions with latest driver

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Message-Id: <20131027.163839.96252964093040835.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:38:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	somnath.kotur@...lex.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] be2net: Warn users of possible broken
 functionality on BE2 cards with very old FW versions with latest driver

From: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...lex.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:37:53 +0530

> On very old FW versions < 4.0, the mailbox command to set interrupts
> on the card succeeds even though it is not supported and should have
> failed, leading to a scenario where interrupts do not work.
> Hence warn users to upgrade to a suitable FW version to avoid seeing
> broken functionality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...lex.com>

Applied, thanks.
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