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| author | Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com> | 2025-02-10 11:25:45 +0000 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2025-02-11 17:12:17 -0800 |
| commit | 5ea73bf3c40d03f09d4cd19b8222ad6b585afbbb (patch) | |
| tree | 0756b7dfd8db088ab7d12d18d0fd4ac5b8d3687b /drivers | |
| parent | 3ed63980ae7998b0a75d9f4e12918047d7493465 (diff) | |
sfc: document devlink flash support
Update the information in sfc's devlink documentation including
support for firmware update with devlink flash.
Also update the help text for CONFIG_SFC_MTD, as it is no longer
strictly required for firmware updates.
Signed-off-by: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3476b0ef04a0944f03e0b771ec8ed1a9c70db4dc.1739186253.git.ecree.xilinx@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig index 3eb55dcfa8a6..c4c43434f314 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/Kconfig @@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ config SFC_MTD default y help This exposes the on-board flash and/or EEPROM as MTD devices - (e.g. /dev/mtd1). This is required to update the firmware or - the boot configuration under Linux. + (e.g. /dev/mtd1). This is required to update the boot + configuration under Linux, or use some older userland tools to + update the firmware. config SFC_MCDI_MON bool "Solarflare SFC9100-family hwmon support" depends on SFC && HWMON && !(SFC=y && HWMON=m) |