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From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: correction to firmware interface
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:06:51 -0700
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On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 19:04 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@broadcom.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:07:11 +0300
> 
> > Commit 621b4d6 updated the bnx2x driver to a new FW version, but lacked
> > a commit to a header file with changes to the firmware's interface. 
> > The missing interface change causes iscsi and fcoe to misbehave with the 
> > updated firmware.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@broadcom.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@broadcom.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>
> > CC: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
> > CC: Bhanu Prakash Gollapudi <bprakash@broadcom.com>
> 
> Applied, how far back do -stable releases need this fix?
> 

No need to submit to any -stable release.  This problem is present in
the current net tree and Linux tree only.  Thanks.