From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Rasesh Mody <rmody@brocade.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
adapter_linux_open_src_team@Brocade.COM
Subject: Re: [net-next 12/13] bna: Firmware Patch Simplification
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:26:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1385015180.2164.42.camel@joe-AO722> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1385013257-32745-13-git-send-email-rmody@brocade.com>
On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 21:54 -0800, Rasesh Mody wrote:
> This patch includes change to enable firmware patch simplication feature.
> This feature is targeted to address the requirement to have independent patch
> release for firmware. Prior to the 3.2.3.0 firmware, releasing a patch fix for
> firmware would require changes to bna driver, to use new firmware images.
> However with these changes, if the new firmware is flashed on to the Adapter,
> the driver will use the new firmware after checking the patch release byte in
> the firmware version.
Please run your patches through checkpatch --strict
> +/* flash command register data structure */
> +union bfa_flash_cmd_reg {
> + struct {
> +#ifdef __BIGENDIAN
__BIG_ENDIAN?
> +/* flash device status register data structure */
> +union bfa_flash_dev_status_reg {
> + struct {
> +#ifdef __BIGENDIAN
__BIG_ENDIAN here too?
> +/* flash address register data structure */
> +union bfa_flash_addr_reg {
> + struct {
> +#ifdef __BIGENDIAN
and here
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-11-21 6:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-21 5:54 [net-next 00/13] bna: Update the Driver to v3.2.23.0 Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 01/13] bna: Add software PTP support Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 02/13] bna: Set Get IOC fw State Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 03/13] bna: Fix Filter Add Del Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 04/13] bna: RX Filter Enhancements Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 05/13] bna: Enable Multi Buffer RX Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 06/13] bna: UDP RX Processing Improvements Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 07/13] bna: Fix Stale MTU used to Configure Multi-buffer RX Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 08/13] bna: CQ Read Fix Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 09/13] bna: Add NULL Check Before Dereferencing TCB Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 10/13] bna: Handle the TX Setup Failures Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 11/13] bna: Embed SKB Length in TX Vector Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 12/13] bna: Firmware Patch Simplification Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 6:26 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2013-11-21 5:54 ` [net-next 13/13] bna: Update the Driver Version to 3.2.23.0 Rasesh Mody
2013-11-21 6:03 ` [net-next 00/13] bna: Update the Driver to v3.2.23.0 David Miller
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-12-08 5:48 Rasesh Mody
2013-12-08 5:48 ` [net-next 12/13] bna: Firmware Patch Simplification Rasesh Mody
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