[dpdk-dev] [EXT] [PATCH 0/2] Support compressed firmwares

[Igor Russkikh]

On 6/2/2021 1:05 PM, David Marchand wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 12:38 PM Igor Russkikh <irusskikh at marvell.com> wrote:
>> We (Marvell QED) already provide packed version of FW in linux-firmware:

>>
>> But thats a custom name, and zlib.
> 
> Whatever binary blob is available in linux-firmware upstream repo, it
> ends up compressed on Fedora 34 (and later).
> 
> Did you try the qede pmd on fc34?

Got it, thanks.
No, have not tried, but think qede pmd will fail now on fedora without your patch.

> The linux kernel (since v5.2, I think) uncompresses this transparently
> without kernel drivers knowing.

Was not aware of that, thanks.
In that perspective your patch fits good with the existing linux kernel behavior, agree.

Adding more people from my team.

Regards,
  Igor