Re: [PATCH] igb: Add support for firmware update

[Andrew Lunn]

On Sun, Jun 09, 2024 at 04:15:26PM +0800, Richard chien wrote:
> This patch adds support for firmware update to the in-tree igb driver and it is actually a port from the out-of-tree igb driver.
> In-band firmware update is one of the essential system maintenance tasks. To simplify this task, the Intel online firmware update
> utility provides a common interface that works across different Intel NICs running the igb/ixgbe/i40e drivers. Unfortunately, the
> in-tree igb and ixgbe drivers are unable to support this firmware update utility, causing problems for enterprise users who do not
> or cannot use out-of-distro drivers due to security and various other reasons (e.g. commercial Linux distros do not provide technical
> support for out-of-distro drivers). As a result, getting this feature into the in-tree igb driver is highly desirable.

I don't really follow what this code is doing, but it seems to make
ethtool -e and -E dual purpose? Please could you show examples of how
this is used.

Thanks
	Andrew