netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 7/8] mlxsw: spectrum: Validate firmware revision on init

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2017 08:42:50 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <yotamg@...lanox.com>, <mlxsw@...lanox.com>,
        <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 7/8] mlxsw: spectrum: Validate firmware
 revision on init

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 09:56:29PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
> 
> Make the spectrum module check the current device firmware version, and if
> it is below the supported version, use the libfirmware API to request a
> firmware file with the supported firmware version and flash it to the
> device using the mlxfw module.
> 
> The firmware file names are expected to be of Mellanox Firmware Archive
> version 2 (MFA2) format and their name are expected to be in the following
> pattern: "mlxsw_spectrum-<major>.<minor>.<sub-minor>.mfa2".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yotam Gigi <yotamg@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>