On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 03:39:27AM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > On Tue, 2015-05-19 at 10:23 +0200, Arthur Gautier wrote: > > > > Dear e1000 maintainers, > > > > I had trouble compiling i40e for linux 4.0 branch, I couldn't find any > > official git repository or "master" branch including fixes for linux > > 4.0. > > So I've made my own set of patches and I wanted to share them. > > > > Please find attached a set of patches I used to port the i40e drivers > > to linux 4.0. > > > > src/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 +- > > src/i40e/i40e_txrx.c | 4 ++-- > > src/i40e/kcompat.h | 8 ++++++++ > > 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > I have two git trees on kernel.org for any patches for the in-kernel > driver changes, which i40e is already a part of the 4.0 kernel. We do > not have a "external" git tree for our out-of-tree driver which your > patches seem to be against. > > For reference here are my two trees on kernel.org: > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/net-queue.git > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue.git > > The in-kernel driver for the 4.0 kernel is already up-to-date and is > most likely "ahead" of the out-of-tree driver that you are trying to > use, so you should be using the i40e driver that already exists in the > 4.0 kernel. > > Since the 4.0 kernel was released after our last driver release, it is > expected to not have the necessary kcompat changes for 4.0 yet, but any > future out-of-tree driver release should have the necessary kcompat > changes to compile the out-of-tree driver. > > So in short, you should be using the in-kernel driver currently until > our next out-of-tree driver release.
It looks like the 4.0 kernel version of i40e doesn't support card flashing using nvmupdate64e utility. As far as I understand, this tool needs the out-of-tree driver. The only purpose of my patches was to flash the i40e cards while running linux 4.0. -- \o/ Arthur G Gandi.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
