On 20/10/2019 06:20, Rasesh Mody wrote:
> In our testing we have identified a critical FW bug. Performance
> is degraded significantly for certain packet sizes with 8.40.25.0 FW.
>
> This patch updates the FW to version 8.40.33.0. The updated FW has a
> fix to performance issue.
>
> The patch also adds initialization for FW overlay RAM as part of
> hardware initialization which is required by the new FW.
>
> Fixes: 066f0d380a2f ("net/qede/base: update FW to 8.40.25.0")
>
Hi Rasesh, it should be:
Fixes: 21c959e2cb10 ("net/qede/base: update FW to 8.40.25.0")
> Signed-off-by: Rasesh Mody <rm...@marvell.com>
> ---
> doc/guides/nics/qede.rst | 4 +-
> drivers/net/qede/base/common_hsi.h | 6 +-
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore.h | 4 +-
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_dev.c | 19 ++-
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_hsi_debug_tools.h | 3 +
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_hw.c | 4 +-
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_init_fw_funcs.c | 138 ++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_init_fw_funcs.h | 35 +++++
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_int.c | 14 +-
> drivers/net/qede/base/ecore_iro_values.h | 122 ++++++++--------
> drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/qede/qede_main.c | 2 +-
> 12 files changed, 274 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
> index 471d98014..2f4045795 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/qede.rst
> @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Supported QLogic Adapters
> Prerequisites
> -------------
>
> -- Requires storm firmware version **8.37.7.0**. Firmware may be available
> +- Requires storm firmware version **8.40.33.0**. Firmware may be available
> inbox in certain newer Linux distros under the standard directory
> - ``E.g. /lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.37.7.0.bin``.
> + ``E.g. /lib/firmware/qed/qed_init_values-8.40.33.0.bin``.
Not available in latest Fedora and Ubuntu releases
> If the required firmware files are not available then download it from
> `linux-firmware git repository
> <http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/qed>`_
Not available here either
> or `QLogic Driver Download Center
> <http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com/QLogicDriverDownloads_UI/DefaultNewSearch.aspx>`_.
Maybe here? 8.37 is the latest elsewhere.
