[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v8 13/15] ixgbe: add FW API version check

[R, Bharath]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org> On Behalf Of
> Jedrzej Jagielski
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 8:34 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen at intel.com>;
> netdev at vger.kernel.org; Kitszel, Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel at intel.com>;
> horms at kernel.org; Jagielski, Jedrzej <jedrzej.jagielski at intel.com>;
> Polchlopek, Mateusz <mateusz.polchlopek at intel.com>; Kwapulinski, Piotr
> <piotr.kwapulinski at intel.com>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v8 13/15] ixgbe: add FW API version
> check
> 
> Add E610 specific function checking whether the FW API version is compatible
> with the driver expectations.
> 
> The major API version should be less than or equal to the expected API
> version. If not the driver won't be fully operational.
> 
> Check the minor version, and if it is more than two versions lesser or greater
> than the expected version, print a message indicating that the NVM or driver
> should be updated respectively.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mateusz Polchlopek <mateusz.polchlopek at intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <piotr.kwapulinski at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <piotr.kwapulinski at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jedrzej Jagielski <jedrzej.jagielski at intel.com>
> ---
> v5: add get_fw_ver
> ---
>  .../ethernet/intel/ixgbe/devlink/devlink.c    |  2 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h      |  1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_e610.c |  1 +
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h |  1 +
>  .../ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_type_e610.h    |  4 +++
>  6 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
> 

Tested-by: Bharath R <bharath.r at intel.com>