netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 6/6] devlink: add overwrite mode to flash update

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Message-ID: <ac6f072e-e660-8739-d7d2-58cba85d8489@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:59:48 -0700
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Bin Luo <luobin9@...wei.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Danielle Ratson <danieller@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 6/6] devlink: add overwrite mode to flash
 update



On 7/29/2020 4:16 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:49:05 -0700 Jacob Keller wrote:
>> The security revision is tied into the management firmware image and
>> would always be updated when an image is updated, but the minimum
>> revision is only updated on an explicit request request.
> 
> Does it have to be updated during FW flashing? Can't it be a devlink
> param?
> 

Oh, right. I'd forgotten about that type of parameter. Makes sense. I'll
implement the current security revision as a component of flash info (so
that it can be reported via devlink info, and can't be changed) but the
minimum should be able to be a parameter just fine.

Thanks,
Jake