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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: eilong@broadcom.com, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	jeff@garzik.org, davem@davemloft.net,
	Eliezer Tamir <eliezert@broadcom.com>,
	Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/13]bnx2x: Adding bnx2x_link
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:37:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080601223748.GI30769@solarflare.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tzgc283g.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>

Andi Kleen wrote:
[...]
> > +/* Programs an image to DSP's flash via the SPI port*/
> > +static u8 bnx2x_sfx7101_flash_download(struct bnx2x *bp, u8 port,
> > +				     u8 ext_phy_addr,
> > +				     char data[], u32 size)
> 
> Hmm does the driver really need a flash updater as standard
> functionality? That could be a separate program.
[...]

It shouldn't need to do this.  The boot loader in the SFX7101 allows
flash update through MDIO if the appropriate pin is pulled low at
reset (see phy_flash_cfg option in the sfc driver).  Of course that
doesn't help if the board doesn't allow this to be controlled...

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-06-01 22:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-01 15:12 [PATCH net-next 2/13]bnx2x: Adding bnx2x_link Eilon Greenstein
2008-06-01 20:50 ` Andi Kleen
2008-06-01 22:37   ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2008-06-03  6:31   ` Eilon Greenstein
2008-06-03 13:46     ` Eliezer Tamir
2008-06-04 14:34     ` MDIO clause 45 (was Re: [PATCH net-next 2/13]bnx2x: Adding bnx2x_link) Ben Hutchings

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