Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] qed*: Utilize Firmware 8.15.3.0

2017-03-13 Thread David Miller 
From: Christoph Hellwig 
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:19:47 -0700

> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 03:33:47PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> Applied, thanks.
> 
> So everyone who doesn't have the very latests linux-firmware will now
> have a non-working card after upgrading the kernel?

I deeply regret that you've missed more than a decade of precedence on
this matter.

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] qed*: Utilize Firmware 8.15.3.0

2017-03-13 Thread Christoph Hellwig 
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 03:33:47PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> Applied, thanks.

So everyone who doesn't have the very latests linux-firmware will now
have a non-working card after upgrading the kernel?

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] qed*: Utilize Firmware 8.15.3.0

2017-03-13 Thread David Miller 
From: Yuval Mintz 
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 18:39:18 +0200

> This patch advances the qed* drivers into using the newer firmware -
> This solves several firmware bugs, mostly related [but not limited to]
> various init/deinit issues in various offloaded protocols.
> 
> It also introduces a major 4-Cached SGE change in firmware, which can be
> seen in the storage drivers' changes.
> 
> In addition, this firmware is required for supporting the new QL41xxx
> series of adapters; While this patch doesn't add the actual support,
> the firmware contains the necessary initialization & firmware logic to
> operate such adapters [actual support would be added later on].
> 
> Changes from Previous versions:
> ---
>  - V2 - fix kbuild-test robot warnings
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomer Tayar 
> Signed-off-by: Ram Amrani 
> Signed-off-by: Manish Rangankar 
> Signed-off-by: Chad Dupuis 
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz 

Applied, thanks.