From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefano Brivio Subject: Re: [net 0/2][pull request] Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2017-09-05 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 12:55:51 +0200 Message-ID: <20170906125551.057e71e0@elisabeth> References: <20170906010418.39007-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeff Kirsher , netdev@vger.kernel.org, nhorman@redhat.com, sassmann@redhat.com, jogreene@redhat.com To: davem@davemloft.net Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:56894 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753893AbdIFKz7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2017 06:55:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20170906010418.39007-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:04:16 -0700 Jeff Kirsher wrote: > This series contains fixes for i40e only. > > These two patches fix an issue where our nvmupdate tool does not work on RHEL 7.4 > and newer kernels, in fact, the use of the nvmupdate tool on newer kernels can > cause the cards to be non-functional unless these patches are applied. > > Anjali reworks the locking around accessing the NVM so that NVM acquire timeouts > do not occur which was causing the failed firmware updates. > > Jake correctly updates the wb_desc when reading the NVM through the AdminQ. > > The following are changes since commit 6d9c153a0b84392406bc77600aa7d3ea365de041: > net: dsa: loop: Do not unregister invalid fixed PHY > and are available in the git repository at: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/net-queue 40GbE > > Anjali Singhai Jain (1): > i40e: avoid NVM acquire deadlock during NVM update > > Jacob Keller (1): > i40e: point wb_desc at the nvm_wb_desc during i40e_read_nvm_aq I think this should go to -stable too (4.12+), as cards completely stop working after a firmware upgrade.