[Intel-wired-lan] [RFC 0/1] Proposal for new devlink command to enforce firmware security

[Andrew Lunn]

> The E810 Ethernet controller firmware provides a certain level of security,
> which includes a mechanism to prevent firmware downgrades (to past, less
> secure versions).

Is there anything Ethernet specific here? I assume the same API could
be used for GPU firmware, ATA controller firmware, mice firmware?

Maybe you should pull this discussion up to a higher level, covering
all drivers, not just netdev.

	Andrew