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Date:	Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:18:45 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Hariprasad Shenai <hariprasad@...lsio.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, leedom@...lsio.com, anish@...lsio.com,
	nirranjan@...lsio.com, kumaras@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] cxgb4: Add a check for flashing FW using ethtool

Hello.

On 12/2/2014 3:09 PM, Hariprasad Shenai wrote:

> Don't let T4 firmware flash on a T5 adapter and vice-versa
> using ethtool

> Based on original work by Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>

> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Shenai <hariprasad@...lsio.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
> index 163a2a1..fae205a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
> @@ -1131,6 +1131,27 @@ unsigned int t4_flash_cfg_addr(struct adapter *adapter)
>   		return FLASH_CFG_START;
>   }
>
> +/* Return TRUE if the specified firmware matches the adapter.  I.e. T4
> + * firmware for T4 adapters, T5 firmware for T5 adapters, etc.  We go ahead
> + * and emit an error message for mismatched firmware to save our caller the
> + * effort ...
> + */
> +static int t4_fw_matches_chip(const struct adapter *adap,

    s/int/bool/?

> +			      const struct fw_hdr *hdr)
> +{
> +	/* The expression below will return FALSE for any unsupported adapter
> +	 * which will keep us "honest" in the future ...
> +	 */
> +	if ((is_t4(adap->params.chip) && hdr->chip == FW_HDR_CHIP_T4) ||
> +	    (is_t5(adap->params.chip) && hdr->chip == FW_HDR_CHIP_T5))
> +		return 1;

    s/1/true/?

> +
> +	dev_err(adap->pdev_dev,
> +		"FW image (%d) is not suitable for this adapter (%d)\n",
> +		hdr->chip, CHELSIO_CHIP_VERSION(adap->params.chip));
> +	return 0;

    s/0/false/?

[...]

WBR, Sergei

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