netdev - Re: [net-next 0/6][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2019-09-12

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Date:   Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:51:03 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 0/6][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver
 Updates 2019-09-12

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:49:56 -0700

> This series contains updates to ice driver to implement and support
> loading a Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) package from lib/firmware
> onto the device.
> 
> Paul updates the way the driver version is stored in the driver so that
> we can pass the driver version to the firmware.  Passing of the driver
> version to the firmware is needed for the DDP package to ensure we have
> the appropriate support in the driver for the features in the package.
> 
> Lukasz fixes how the firmware version is stored to align with how the
> firmware stores its own version.  Also extended the log message to
> display additional useful information such as NVM version, API patch
> information and firmware build hash.
> 
> Tony adds the needed driver support to check, load and store the DDP
> package.  Also add support for the ability to load DDP packages intended
> for specific hardware devices, as well as what to do when loading of the
> DDP package fails to load.
> 
> The following are changes since commit 172ca8308b0517ca2522a8c885755fd5c20294e7:
>   cxgb4: Fix spelling typos
> and are available in the git repository at:
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue 100GbE

Pulled, thanks Jeff.