[PATCH 1/3] net/nfp: add the elf module

[Chaoyong He]

> On 2/27/2024 11:15 AM, Chaoyong He wrote:
> > From: Peng Zhang <peng.zhang at corigine.com>
> >
> > Add the elf module, which can get mip information from the firmware
> > ELF file.
> >
> 
> What is MIP?

Microcode Information Page 

> Is it in the .note section of the ELF binary?

Yes

> How it is used?

Which is an interface driver can get some information from firmware.
We have a 'nfp_mip' module to manage the MIP of loaded firmware, and we add 'nfp_elf' module to directly parse the firmware ELF file.
Then we compare the 'version' filed of MIP.

> 
> Source code always refers it as MIP, can you please clarify it in the commit log?

Okay