| Message ID | 1305065779-26976-1-git-send-email-mchan@broadcom.com |
|---|---|
| State | Not Applicable, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 15:16 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > upstream kernel commit dc187cb381f1bceb30498861ece510245c43ed9f This stuff should no longer get changed in the upstream kernel; what's there is *historical* and due for deletion. > Update 5709 mips firmware to 6.2.1a to fix iSCSI performance > regression. There was an unnecessary context read in the fast path > affecting performance. Is this update not ABI compatible? You have changed the soname of the firmware... was that intentional?
On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 16:10 -0700, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 15:16 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > > upstream kernel commit dc187cb381f1bceb30498861ece510245c43ed9f > > This stuff should no longer get changed in the upstream kernel; what's > there is *historical* and due for deletion. OK, no more from now on. > > > Update 5709 mips firmware to 6.2.1a to fix iSCSI performance > > regression. There was an unnecessary context read in the fast path > > affecting performance. > > Is this update not ABI compatible? You have changed the soname of the > firmware... was that intentional? > The firmware is tightly coupled to the driver. We only test one combination of driver/firmware and don't guarantee compatibility with other combinations. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 16:19 -0700, Michael Chan wrote: > > > Update 5709 mips firmware to 6.2.1a to fix iSCSI performance > > > regression. There was an unnecessary context read in the fast path > > > affecting performance. > > > > Is this update not ABI compatible? You have changed the soname of the > > firmware... was that intentional? > > > > The firmware is tightly coupled to the driver. We only test one > combination of driver/firmware and don't guarantee compatibility with > other combinations. OK, patch applied and pushed; thanks.
diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE index d65a04b..a1cd744 100644 --- a/WHENCE +++ b/WHENCE @@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ File: bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j3.fw File: bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-5.0.0.j9.fw File: bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.0.17.fw File: bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1.fw +File: bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a.fw File: bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-06-4.6.16.fw File: bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-06-5.0.0.j3.fw File: bnx2/bnx2-rv2p-06-6.0.15.fw