Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:02:26 -0800 | From | Rick Jones <> | Subject | Re: [patch net-next] cxgb3: update firmware version |
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On 02/14/2012 10:21 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:17:27AM -0800, Rick Jones wrote: >> What does an end-user/customer see and do? When they are told that >> version the firmware, specified down to the fix level, fixes a >> problem they are having, how will they know that firmware blob >> filename drvfw-X.bin on a download/archive site has that fix? > [...] > > Customers currently can't get bug fixes by updating the firmware. > Think about it.
Because in this case at least the driver is requesting a specific filename down to the minor and micro level and a change in the filename requires a change in the driver?
#define FW_VERSION __stringify(FW_VERSION_MAJOR) "." \ __stringify(FW_VERSION_MINOR) "." __stringify(FW_VERSION_MICRO) #define FW_FNAME "cxgb3/t3fw-" FW_VERSION ".bin"
rather than the driver having logic to make it willing to accept later minor/micro changes by being more sophisticated in its specification of firmware file.
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