From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E3FC200CD; Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1726420643; cv=none; b=eXn1/gFkr8aG8g+Z+kbUWqOZPzP7pwCTSce1YDcjGIrQK5seAWrWNOtJk9LbM4c1w5nsjOfYeswGLVZmzUrv7xZU0TBi+kRImzfFkAenGBYYqZxcMYW7942nfK8hEtKT1EwnvGVqk+j7d6o+KRDaZkDnDi2BFKMIFeL16tee5lI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1726420643; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ySWSP/6B0wVdjoSXAvcqT2SOPGUizjoKyoYbxrOo3+8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=VWNg3YrJltxQnSeQDvndXrX43DWceKy4argWFCk2Llq39vgmCyhf4gAitEUwoRG+c8Sq0ZUvKCE4Icp+xcGnHmIChdaXLzT6UJrnWtI52Bsi2ZlYHZNENmuHpitl1GhpxzjFn/QVv15aSrX18T6ScCoKWxGoVHJWkfM/yTMWwZY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=BSXZHPeZ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="BSXZHPeZ" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C565C4CEC3; Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:17:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1726420643; bh=ySWSP/6B0wVdjoSXAvcqT2SOPGUizjoKyoYbxrOo3+8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=BSXZHPeZXI+ar2S65BY1nn05TM96WbKvv0qsZvRwpVUvc43Ky9duSUryeFEwYaj1X Vs84YevWm8ETurSeOFncnMw2w9zj43ZqUEO0llKLANbqt7Enw+bQAL5vXq81qiMLbA AXhaLtppLQevbP4D8K34u1G9ribQmIj+Y8fn9NyNNLmRg4vAae7NWgt7WgTRr9760u vCRiQzeSxK5NT4WZ1DN+IDVE3CTtEPqN6GtqekkLVcp3dITYYG6H9VADE5IMFonKJd LiJX7w5PnTTguKGfkbmVDC3I76pl2QDTXhmGo2UpYBMoeaPs7BqYAsmoAqNZ1rwiuq HkbiEJcPeWMVg== Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 19:17:18 +0200 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Danielle Ratson Cc: , , , , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] ethtool: Add support for writing firmware Message-ID: <20240915191718.1da2bc78@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20240910090217.3044324-1-danieller@nvidia.com> References: <20240910090217.3044324-1-danieller@nvidia.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:02:15 +0300 Danielle Ratson wrote: > In the CMIS specification for pluggable modules, LPL (Local Payload) and > EPL (Extended Payload) are two types of data payloads used for managing > various functions and features of the module. > > EPL payloads are used for more complex and extensive management functions > that require a larger amount of data, so writing firmware blocks using EPL > is much more efficient. > > Currently, only LPL payload is supported for writing firmware blocks to > the module. > > Add support for writing firmware block using EPL payload, both to support > modules that support only EPL write mechanism, and to optimize the flashing > process of modules that support LPL and EPL. > > Running the flashing command on the same sample module using EPL vs. LPL > showed an improvement of 84%. this missed 6.12, sorry, I didn't get a clear enough signal form the discussion to merge it in time -- pw-bot: defer