From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] Add support to download EEE firmware for the 57766 Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:32:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20130307.153202.775624726449165426.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1362625354-15095-1-git-send-email-nsujir@broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: nsujir@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:45816 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933270Ab3CGUcE (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:32:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1362625354-15095-1-git-send-email-nsujir@broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Nithin Nayak Sujir" Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:02:28 -0800 > For the 57766 devices with no NVRAM, there is not enough space for the complete > boot code with EEE support. On these devices, the tg3 driver has to download > a service patch firmware to the scratchpad for the boot code to execute. This > patchset adds support to do the above. > > A major portion of this patchset is refactoring the existing firmware download > section to allow a cleaner merge of the 57766 download. The 57766 firmware > differs from previous firmware in that it's not written to a contiguous area in > memory. It consists of multiple fragments to be written to different locations. > The patchset makes an attempt to make the new firmware format to be an > extension of the existing format. Series applied, thanks.