From: Michal Kalderon <mkalderon@marvell.com>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Cc: Ariel Elior <aelior@marvell.com>,
"davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 14/14] qed: bump driver version
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:39:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MN2PR18MB31821C711CBB377437F3EECCA10C0@MN2PR18MB3182.namprd18.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200122161353.GG7018@unreal>
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 6:14 PM
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 05:26:27PM +0200, Michal Kalderon wrote:
> > The FW brings along a large set of fixes and features which will be
> > added at a later phase. This is an adaquete point to bump the driver
> version.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@marvell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@marvell.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed.h | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
>
> We discussed this a lot, those driver version bumps are stupid and have
> nothing close to the reality. Distro kernels are based on some kernel version
> with extra patches on top, in RedHat world this "extra"
> is a lot. For them your driver version say nothing. For users who run vanilla
> kernel, those versions are not relevant too, because running such kernels
> requires knowledge and understanding.
>
> You definitely should stop this enterprise cargo cult of "releasing software"
> by updating versions in non-controlled by you distribution chain.
>
> Thanks
Due to past discussions on this topic, qedr driver version was not added and not bumped.
However, customers are used to seeing a driver version for qed/qede
We only bump major version changes (37 -> 42) and not the minor versions anymore.
This does give a high-level understanding of the driver supports, helps us and the customers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-22 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-22 15:26 [PATCH net-next 00/14] qed*: Utilize FW 8.42.2.0 Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 01/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Internal ram offsets modifications Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:45 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-01-22 16:02 ` Michal Kalderon
2020-01-23 14:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 02/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Expose new registers and change windows Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 03/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Queue Manager changes Michal Kalderon
2020-01-24 19:09 ` kbuild test robot
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 04/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Parser offsets modified Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 05/14] qed: Use dmae to write to widebus registers in fw_funcs Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 06/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Additional ll2 type Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 07/14] qed: Add abstraction for different hsi values per chip Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 08/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 iscsi/fcoe changes Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 09/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 HSI changes Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 10/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 Add fw overlay feature Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 11/14] qed: Debug feature: ilt and mdump Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 12/14] qed: rt init valid initialization changed Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 13/14] qed: FW 8.42.2.0 debug features Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 15:54 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-01-22 16:03 ` Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 16:14 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-01-22 16:41 ` [EXT] " Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 18:22 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-01-22 19:12 ` David Miller
2020-01-22 15:26 ` [PATCH net-next 14/14] qed: bump driver version Michal Kalderon
2020-01-22 16:13 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-01-22 16:39 ` Michal Kalderon [this message]
2020-01-22 18:21 ` [EXT] " Leon Romanovsky
2020-01-23 8:18 ` Michal Kalderon
2020-01-23 12:12 ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-01-23 13:10 ` Leon Romanovsky
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