netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 5/5] ionic: add devlink firmware update

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Message-ID: <20200917125227.52d58738@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:52:27 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 5/5] ionic: add devlink firmware update

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 20:02:04 -0700 Shannon Nelson wrote:
> Add support for firmware update through the devlink interface.
> This update copies the firmware object into the device, asks
> the current firmware to install it, then asks the firmware to
> select the new firmware for the next boot-up.
> 
> The install and select steps are launched as asynchronous
> requests, which are then followed up with status request
> commands.  These status request commands will be answered with
> an EAGAIN return value and will try again until the request
> has completed or reached the timeout specified.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>