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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
To: Chaoyong He <chaoyong.he@corigine.com>, dev@dpdk.org
Cc: oss-drivers@corigine.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] optimize the firmware loading process
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:08:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <94398a42-9bdb-4df2-b4e0-bba289cb2405@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240115025419.2447759-1-chaoyong.he@corigine.com>

On 1/15/2024 2:54 AM, Chaoyong He wrote:
> This patch series aims to speedup the DPDK application start by optimize
> the firmware loading process in sereval places.
> We also simplify the port name in multiple PF firmware case to make the
> customer happy.
> 

<...>

>   net/nfp: add the elf module
>   net/nfp: reload the firmware only when firmware changed

Above commit adds elf parser capability and second one loads firmware
when build time is different.

I can see this is an optimization effort, to understand FW status before
loading FW, but relying on build time seems fragile. Does it help to add
a new section to store version information and evaluate based on this
information?



  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-01-22 15:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-15  2:54 Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 1/8] net/nfp: add the interface for getting the firmware name Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 2/8] net/nfp: speed up the firmware loading process Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 3/8] net/nfp: optimize loading the firmware process Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 4/8] net/nfp: enlarge the range of skipping loading the firmware Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 5/8] net/nfp: add the step of clearing the beat time Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 6/8] net/nfp: add the elf module Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 7/8] net/nfp: reload the firmware only when firmware changed Chaoyong He
2024-01-15  2:54 ` [PATCH 8/8] net/nfp: simplify the port name for multiple PFs Chaoyong He
2024-01-22 15:08 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2024-01-23  1:46   ` [PATCH 0/8] optimize the firmware loading process Chaoyong He
2024-01-23  9:14     ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-01-23 11:27       ` Chaoyong He
2024-01-23 11:42         ` Ferruh Yigit
2024-01-26  8:25           ` Chaoyong He
2024-01-23 15:18 ` Ferruh Yigit

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