netdev - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v8 13/15] ixgbe: add FW API version check

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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:25:50 +0000
From: "R, Bharath" <bharath.r@...el.com>
To: "Jagielski, Jedrzej" <jedrzej.jagielski@...el.com>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
CC: "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "Kitszel, Przemyslaw"
	<przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, "horms@...nel.org" <horms@...nel.org>,
	"Jagielski, Jedrzej" <jedrzej.jagielski@...el.com>, "Polchlopek, Mateusz"
	<mateusz.polchlopek@...el.com>, "Kwapulinski, Piotr"
	<piotr.kwapulinski@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v8 13/15] ixgbe: add FW API
 version check

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of
> Jedrzej Jagielski
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 8:34 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> Cc: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org; Kitszel, Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>;
> horms@...nel.org; Jagielski, Jedrzej <jedrzej.jagielski@...el.com>;
> Polchlopek, Mateusz <mateusz.polchlopek@...el.com>; Kwapulinski, Piotr
> <piotr.kwapulinski@...el.com>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v8 13/15] ixgbe: add FW API version
> check
> 
> Add E610 specific function checking whether the FW API version is compatible
> with the driver expectations.
> 
> The major API version should be less than or equal to the expected API
> version. If not the driver won't be fully operational.
> 
> Check the minor version, and if it is more than two versions lesser or greater
> than the expected version, print a message indicating that the NVM or driver
> should be updated respectively.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek@...el.com>
> Co-developed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <piotr.kwapulinski@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <piotr.kwapulinski@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski <jedrzej.jagielski@...el.com>
> ---
> v5: add get_fw_ver
> ---
>  .../ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c    |  2 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h      |  1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c |  1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h |  1 +
>  .../ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_type_e610.h    |  4 +++
>  6 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
> 

Tested-by: Bharath R <bharath.r@...el.com>