[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] qede: return LAN stats to MFW

[Harish Patil]

>
>2016-05-31 19:21, Harish Patil:
>> 
>> >On Fri, May 06, 2016 at 09:21:31PM -0700, Rasesh Mody wrote:
>> >> From: Harish Patil <harish.patil at qlogic.com>
>> >> 
>> >> Under certain scenarios, MFW periodically polls the driver
>> >> for LAN statistics. This patch implements the osal hook to
>> >> fill in the stats.
>> >> 
>> >> Fixes: ffa002d318d36 ("qede: add base driver")
>> >> 
>> >What is MFW?
>> >
>> >/Bruce
>> >
>> 
>> MFW - Management FirmWare running on the card.
>
>So MFW can probably be replaced by firmware in the title.
>

Reason I didn’t use “firmware” in the first place is because there are two
different firmware running on the card:
1) MFW (management firmware - which is flashed)
2) Firmware (datapath  firmware - loaded by driver by reading FW file)

So, I can replace it as management firmware explicitly.


Thanks,
Harish