netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: txgbe: expend SW-FW mailbox buffer size to identify QSFP module

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Message-ID: <c42a5a4a-b886-4dbd-a893-3d1f2885ef4f@lunn.ch>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:20:53 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
Cc: 'Simon Horman' <horms@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	'Andrew Lunn' <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"'David S. Miller'" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	'Eric Dumazet' <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	'Jakub Kicinski' <kuba@...nel.org>,
	'Paolo Abeni' <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"'Russell King (Oracle)'" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	'Mengyuan Lou' <mengyuanlou@...-swift.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: txgbe: expend SW-FW mailbox buffer
 size to identify QSFP module

> The old firmware has not been released to the public, so there is no need
> to worry about the compatibility on the old firmware.

Please add this to the commit message.

Once firmware is out in the wild, you need to consider backwards
compatibility. As reviewers, it is something we look at. So you can
save us time and effort by saying backwards compatibility is not
required because ...

	Andrew