Add the necessary logic to get firmware version from firmware file, and only reload the firmware when the firmware version changed.
Also add a device argument which can force reload the firmware and ignore the firmware version. --- v2: * Update commit log to explain what 'MIP' is. * Document about the new add 'force_reload_fw' device argument. --- Peng Zhang (3): net/nfp: add the elf module net/nfp: reload the firmware only when firmware changed net/nfp: add force reload firmware option doc/guides/nics/nfp.rst | 21 + drivers/net/nfp/meson.build | 1 + drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev.c | 177 ++++- drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_common.c | 17 + drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net_common.h | 10 + drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_elf.c | 1079 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_elf.h | 13 + drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_mip.c | 30 +- drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_mip.h | 70 +- 9 files changed, 1376 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_elf.c create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_elf.h -- 2.39.1
