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From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:42:20 -0700
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+netdev, Ariel,

On 04/17/2018 10:21 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> "ethtool -i" on a bnx2x interface causes kernel panic when the
> firmware version is longer than expected.  The attached patch fixes
> the problem by simplifying the string handling in bnx2x_fill_fw_str().
> It applies cleanly to 4.14 and 4.17-rc1.

If you want to have a chance of getting your patch included, your should
make sure you copy the driver maintainers and the network mailinglist,
doing that.
-- 
Florian