Re: [PATCH] iscsi_ibft: search for broadcom specific ibft sign

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On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 05:00:20AM -0400, vikas.chaudhary@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Vikas Chaudhary <vikas.chaudhary@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Broadcom iscsi offload firmware uses a non standard ibft sign of "BIFT".

Why? If it uses the standard iBFT format why does it use
a non-standard signature?

> This patch modifies the ibft search code to search for "BIFT" along
> with the other possible values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vikas Chaudhary <vikas.chaudhary@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Kevin Tran <ktran@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Eddie Wai <eddie.wai@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c b/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
> index 3ee852c..071c2c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
> @@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ static const struct {
>  	 */
>  	{ ACPI_SIG_IBFT },
>  	{ "iBFT" },
> +	{ "BIFT" },	/* Broadcom iSCSI Offload */
>  };
>  
>  static void __init acpi_find_ibft_region(void)
> -- 
> 1.8.2.GIT
> 
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