From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eilon Greenstein" Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/24] bnx2x: New FW and support for 578xx Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:55:17 +0300 Message-ID: <1310982917.8205.1.camel@lb-tlvb-eilong.il.broadcom.com> References: <201106141213.34576.vladz@broadcom.com> <201106141432.32257.vladz@broadcom.com> <20110614.115402.426774711287563448.davem@davemloft.net> <1310982501.5756.11.camel@edumazet-HP-Compaq-6005-Pro-SFF-PC> Reply-To: eilong@broadcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "David Miller" , "Vladislav Zolotarov" , "Michael Chan" , "Bhanu (Venkata Bhanu Prakash) Gollapudi" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "Dmitry Kravkov" , "Yaniv Rosner" , "dwmw2@infradead.org" To: "Eric Dumazet" Return-path: Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:2353 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753136Ab1GRJzf convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:55:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1310982501.5756.11.camel@edumazet-HP-Compaq-6005-Pro-SFF-PC> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 02:48 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote: > Le mardi 14 juin 2011 =C3=A0 11:54 -0400, David Miller a =C3=A9crit : > > From: "Vlad Zolotarov" > > Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:32:31 +0300 > >=20 > > > We also send the new FW files to David Woodhouse. It's the first = time we > > > submit to the linux-firmware git so I hope we don't mess the thin= gs up: we > > > DO NOT patch firmware/WHENCE and firmware/Makefile files in our n= et-next > > > patches and we patch the WHENCE file in the linux-firmware patch.= Dave, > > > pls., confirm if it's a correct procedure. > > >=20 > > > If it is, pls., note that the bnx2x driver will compile but won't= work > > > until u integrate the new FW into the kernel tree. > >=20 > > David Woodhouse, what do you think we should do here? > >=20 > > I'm inclined to integrate the firmware into net-next-2.6 since this > > is the only way to keep the driver working consistently. > >=20 > > Otherwise people won't be able to git bisect properly, and that suc= ks. >=20 >=20 > Hmm, I probably missed something obvious, but my dev machine (one HPG= 6 > blade in a distant datacenter) fails to init its bnx2x interfaces wit= h > current net-next-2.6 >=20 > Can't load firmware file bnx2x/bnx2x-e1h-7.0.23.0.fw You are missing the FW git from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git You need to get it separately since the FW is not part of the kernel gi= t now. Regards, Eilon