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| author | Rob Swindell | 2016-07-02 00:46:22 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller | 2016-07-02 20:52:35 +0200 |
| commit | a4c363471f2fa2b0f0abbd9f0563b034340585c3 (patch) | |
| tree | 52c629856c676aff317d072520783099b4694390 /drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | |
| parent | bnxt_en: Do function reset on the 1st PF open only. (diff) | |
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bnxt_en: Add support for updating flash more securely
To support Secure Firmware Update, we must be able to allocate
a staging area in the Flash. This patch adds support for the
"update" type to tell firmware to do that.
Signed-off-by: Rob Swindell <rob.swindell@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c index c63ed2fc5b97..3328aa5b30dc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c @@ -1186,7 +1186,8 @@ static int bnxt_flash_firmware_from_file(struct net_device *dev, const struct firmware *fw; int rc; - if (bnxt_dir_type_is_executable(dir_type) == false) + if (dir_type != BNX_DIR_TYPE_UPDATE && + bnxt_dir_type_is_executable(dir_type) == false) return -EINVAL; rc = request_firmware(&fw, filename, &dev->dev); |