tree 206194be48d10f2599b967f5f1abb70ed1d99700
parent f1858c277ba40172005b76a31e6bb931bfc19d9c
author Manish Chopra <manishc@marvell.com> 1647467173 -0700
committer Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 1647534604 -0700

bnx2x: fix built-in kernel driver load failure

Commit b7a49f73059f ("bnx2x: Utilize firmware 7.13.21.0")
added request_firmware() logic in probe() which caused
load failure when firmware file is not present in initrd (below),
as access to firmware file is not feasible during probe.

  Direct firmware load for bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.15.0.fw failed with error -2
  Direct firmware load for bnx2x/bnx2x-e2-7.13.21.0.fw failed with error -2

This patch fixes this issue by -

1. Removing request_firmware() logic from the probe()
   such that .ndo_open() handle it as it used to handle
   it earlier

2. Given request_firmware() is removed from probe(), so
   driver has to relax FW version comparisons a bit against
   the already loaded FW version (by some other PFs of same
   adapter) to allow different compatible/close enough FWs with which
   multiple PFs may run with (in different environments), as the
   given PF who is in probe flow has no idea now with which firmware
   file version it is going to initialize the device in ndo_open()

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/46f2d9d9-ae7f-b332-ddeb-b59802be2bab@molgen.mpg.de/
Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Tested-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Fixes: b7a49f73059f ("bnx2x: Utilize firmware 7.13.21.0")
Signed-off-by: Manish Chopra <manishc@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <aelior@marvell.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220316214613.6884-1-manishc@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>