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authorBjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>2012-07-19 06:28:40 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-07-19 10:48:07 -0700
commit8b0d2f9ed3d8e92feada7c5d70fa85be46e6f948 (patch)
tree8b2d12e5dde596e8d7cc0f40e0a391137f0728e4 /drivers/net
parent215029375c833a0b22acade0efb582ffd20836ce (diff)
net: e100: ucode is optional in some cases
commit 9ac32e1b firmware: convert e100 driver to request_firmware() did a straight conversion of the in-driver ucode to external files. This introduced the possibility of the driver failing to enable an interface due to missing ucode. There was no evaluation of the importance of the ucode at the time. Based on comments in earlier versions of this driver, and in the source code for the FreeBSD fxp driver, we can assume that the ucode implements the "CPU Cycle Saver" feature on supported adapters. Although generally wanted, this is an optional feature. The ucode source is not available, preventing it from being included in free distributions. This creates unnecessary problems for the end users. Doing a network install based on a free distribution installer requires the user to download and insert the ucode into the installer. Making the ucode optional when possible improves the user experience and driver usability. The ucode for some adapters include a bugfix, making it essential. We continue to fail for these adapters unless the ucode is available. Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c40
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index ada720b42ff..535f94fac4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
@@ -1249,20 +1249,35 @@ static const struct firmware *e100_request_firmware(struct nic *nic)
const struct firmware *fw = nic->fw;
u8 timer, bundle, min_size;
int err = 0;
+ bool required = false;
/* do not load u-code for ICH devices */
if (nic->flags & ich)
return NULL;
- /* Search for ucode match against h/w revision */
- if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101M)
+ /* Search for ucode match against h/w revision
+ *
+ * Based on comments in the source code for the FreeBSD fxp
+ * driver, the FIRMWARE_D102E ucode includes both CPUSaver and
+ *
+ * "fixes for bugs in the B-step hardware (specifically, bugs
+ * with Inline Receive)."
+ *
+ * So we must fail if it cannot be loaded.
+ *
+ * The other microcode files are only required for the optional
+ * CPUSaver feature. Nice to have, but no reason to fail.
+ */
+ if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101M) {
fw_name = FIRMWARE_D101M;
- else if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101S)
+ } else if (nic->mac == mac_82559_D101S) {
fw_name = FIRMWARE_D101S;
- else if (nic->mac == mac_82551_F || nic->mac == mac_82551_10)
+ } else if (nic->mac == mac_82551_F || nic->mac == mac_82551_10) {
fw_name = FIRMWARE_D102E;
- else /* No ucode on other devices */
+ required = true;
+ } else { /* No ucode on other devices */
return NULL;
+ }
/* If the firmware has not previously been loaded, request a pointer
* to it. If it was previously loaded, we are reinitializing the
@@ -1273,10 +1288,17 @@ static const struct firmware *e100_request_firmware(struct nic *nic)
err = request_firmware(&fw, fw_name, &nic->pdev->dev);
if (err) {
- netif_err(nic, probe, nic->netdev,
- "Failed to load firmware \"%s\": %d\n",
- fw_name, err);
- return ERR_PTR(err);
+ if (required) {
+ netif_err(nic, probe, nic->netdev,
+ "Failed to load firmware \"%s\": %d\n",
+ fw_name, err);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+ } else {
+ netif_info(nic, probe, nic->netdev,
+ "CPUSaver disabled. Needs \"%s\": %d\n",
+ fw_name, err);
+ return NULL;
+ }
}
/* Firmware should be precisely UCODE_SIZE (words) plus three bytes