Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] eth: fbnic: Add devlink dev flash support

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:12:29 +0100

On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 03:32:32PM -0700, Lee Trager wrote:
> 
> On 10/24/24 2:10 AM, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 06:42:24PM -0700, Lee Trager wrote:
> > > fbnic supports updating firmware using a PLDM image signed and distributed
> > > by Meta. PLDM images are written into stored flashed. Flashing does not
> > > interrupt operation.
> > > 
> > > On host reboot the newly flashed UEFI driver will be used. To run new
> > > control or cmrt firmware the NIC must be power cycled.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Trager <[email-masked]>
> > ...
> > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_devlink.c
> > ...
> > 
> > > @@ -109,8 +110,274 @@ static int fbnic_devlink_info_get(struct devlink *devlink,
> > >   	return 0;
> > >   }
> > > 
> > > +/**
> > > + * fbnic_send_package_data - Send record package data to firmware
> > > + * @context: PLDM FW update structure
> > > + * @data: pointer to the package data
> > > + * @length: length of the package data
> > > + *
> > > + * Send a copy of the package data associated with the PLDM record matching
> > > + * this device to the firmware.
> > > + *
> > > + * Return: zero on success
> > > + *	    negative error code on failure
> > > + */
> > > +static int fbnic_send_package_data(struct pldmfw *context, const u8 *data,
> > > +				   u16 length)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct device *dev = context->dev;
> > > +
> > > +	/* Temp placeholder required by devlink */
> > > +	dev_info(dev,
> > > +		 "Sending %u bytes of PLDM record package data to firmware\n",
> > > +		 length);
> > Could you clarify what is meant by "Temp placeholder" here and in
> > fbnic_send_component_table(). And what plans there might be for
> > a non-temporary solution.
> 
> Temp placeholder may not have been the best wording here. pldmfw requires
> all ops to be defined as they are always called[1] when updating. fbnic has
> an info message here so its doing something but we have no current plans to
> expand on fbnic_send_package_data nor fbnic_finalize_update.
> 
> [1]
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12-rc4/source/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c#L723

Thanks for the clarification. Perhaps the wording could be improved,
but I don't think that needs to block progress.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>