> -----Original Message----- > From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-boun...@osuosl.org> On Behalf Of > Jedrzej Jagielski > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2025 5:21 PM > To: intel-wired-...@lists.osuosl.org > Cc: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.ngu...@intel.com>; > net...@vger.kernel.org; ho...@kernel.org; j...@nvidia.com; Jagielski, Jedrzej > <jedrzej.jagiel...@intel.com>; Polchlopek, Mateusz > <mateusz.polchlo...@intel.com>; Mrozowicz, SlawomirX > <slawomirx.mrozow...@intel.com>; Kwapulinski, Piotr > <piotr.kwapulin...@intel.com>; Wegrzyn, Stefan <stefan.wegr...@intel.com> > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v5 12/15] ixgbe: add support for > devlink reload > > The E610 adapters contain an embedded chip with firmware which can be > updated using devlink flash. The firmware which runs on this chip is referred > to as the Embedded Management Processor firmware (EMP firmware). > > Activating the new firmware image currently requires that the system be > rebooted. This is not ideal as rebooting the system can cause unwanted > downtime. > > The EMP firmware itself can be reloaded by issuing a special update to the > device called an Embedded Management Processor reset (EMP reset). This > reset causes the device to reset and reload the EMP firmware. > > Implement support for devlink reload with the "fw_activate" flag. This allows > user space to request the firmware be activated immediately. > > Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlo...@intel.com> > Co-developed-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz <slawomirx.mrozow...@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Slawomir Mrozowicz <slawomirx.mrozow...@intel.com> > Co-developed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <piotr.kwapulin...@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <piotr.kwapulin...@intel.com> > Co-developed-by: Stefan Wegrzyn <stefan.wegr...@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Wegrzyn <stefan.wegr...@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski <jedrzej.jagiel...@intel.com> > --- > Documentation/networking/devlink/ixgbe.rst | 15 +++ > .../ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c | 112 ++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 4 + > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c | 18 +++ > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.h | 1 + > .../net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c | 12 ++ > .../ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_fw_update.c | 37 +++++- > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 5 +- > 8 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >
Tested-by: Bharath R <bharat...@intel.com>
