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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/devlink/sfc.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig | 5 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/sfc.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/sfc.rst index db64a1bd9733..0398d59ea184 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/sfc.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/sfc.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ sfc devlink support =================== This document describes the devlink features implemented by the ``sfc`` -device driver for the ef100 device. +device driver for the ef10 and ef100 devices. Info versions ============= @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ The ``sfc`` driver reports the following versions * - Name - Type - Description + * - ``fw.bundle_id`` + - stored + - Version of the firmware "bundle" image that was last used to update + multiple components. * - ``fw.mgmt.suc`` - running - For boards where the management function is split between multiple @@ -55,3 +59,13 @@ The ``sfc`` driver reports the following versions * - ``fw.uefi`` - running - UEFI driver version (No UNDI support). + +Flash Update +============ + +The ``sfc`` driver implements support for flash update using the +``devlink-flash`` interface. It supports updating the device flash using a +combined flash image ("bundle") that contains multiple components (on ef10, +typically ``fw.mgmt``, ``fw.app``, ``fw.exprom`` and ``fw.uefi``). + +The driver does not support any overwrite mask flags. diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig index 3eb55dcfa8a6..c4c43434f314 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig @@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ config SFC_MTD default y help This exposes the on-board flash and/or EEPROM as MTD devices - (e.g. /dev/mtd1). This is required to update the firmware or - the boot configuration under Linux. + (e.g. /dev/mtd1). This is required to update the boot + configuration under Linux, or use some older userland tools to + update the firmware. config SFC_MCDI_MON bool "Solarflare SFC9100-family hwmon support" depends on SFC && HWMON && !(SFC=y && HWMON=m) |