From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Chan" Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: bnx2: Update firmware and version Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 16:19:16 -0700 Message-ID: <1305069556.9029.133.camel@nseg_linux_HP1.broadcom.com> References: <1305065779-26976-1-git-send-email-mchan@broadcom.com> <1305069055.30435.99.camel@i7.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: "David Woodhouse" Return-path: Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]:4865 "EHLO MMS3.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752765Ab1EJXZW (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2011 19:25:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1305069055.30435.99.camel@i7.infradead.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 16:10 -0700, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 15:16 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > > upstream kernel commit dc187cb381f1bceb30498861ece510245c43ed9f > > This stuff should no longer get changed in the upstream kernel; what's > there is *historical* and due for deletion. OK, no more from now on. > > > Update 5709 mips firmware to 6.2.1a to fix iSCSI performance > > regression. There was an unnecessary context read in the fast path > > affecting performance. > > Is this update not ABI compatible? You have changed the soname of the > firmware... was that intentional? > The firmware is tightly coupled to the driver. We only test one combination of driver/firmware and don't guarantee compatibility with other combinations.