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

[Richardson, Bruce]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harish Patil [mailto:harish.patil at qlogic.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 3:16 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Richardson, Bruce <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; Rasesh
> Mody <rasesh.mody at qlogic.com>; Dept-Eng DPDK Dev <Dept-
> EngDPDKDev at qlogic.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] qede: return LAN stats to MFW
> 
> >
> >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
> 
How about firmware in the title, and then you can clarify it as management firmware in the message itself?

Regards,
/Bruce