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Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 02:00:15 +0200 From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> To: Vadym Kochan <vadym.kochan@...ision.eu> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Oleksandr Mazur <oleksandr.mazur@...ision.eu>, Serhiy Boiko <serhiy.boiko@...ision.eu>, Serhiy Pshyk <serhiy.pshyk@...ision.eu>, Volodymyr Mytnyk <volodymyr.mytnyk@...ision.eu>, Taras Chornyi <taras.chornyi@...ision.eu>, Andrii Savka <andrii.savka@...ision.eu>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz> Subject: Re: [RFC next-next v2 2/5] net: marvell: prestera: Add PCI interface support On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 02:20:49AM +0300, Vadym Kochan wrote: > Add PCI interface driver for Prestera Switch ASICs family devices, which > provides: > > - Firmware loading mechanism > - Requests & events handling to/from the firmware > - Access to the firmware on the bus level > > The firmware has to be loaded each time device is reset. The driver is > loading it from: > > /lib/firmware/marvell/prestera_fw-v{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.img > > The full firmware image version is located within internal header and > consists of 3 numbers - MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. Additionally, driver has > hard-coded minimum supported firmware version which it can work with: > > MAJOR - reflects the support on ABI level between driver and loaded > firmware, this number should be the same for driver and loaded > firmware. > > MINOR - this is the minimum supported version between driver and the > firmware. > > PATCH - indicates only fixes, firmware ABI is not changed. > > Firmware image file name contains only MAJOR and MINOR numbers to make > driver be compatible with any PATCH version. Hi Vadym What are the plans for getting the firmware into linux-firmware git repo? Andrew
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