On 5/7/14 12:21 PM, "Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk" <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 07:12:31PM +0000, James Bottomley wrote: >> On Wed, 2014-05-07 at 09:47 -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> > 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 is useful as an academic exercise (and perhaps even a reminder to >> broadcom not to do it again) but I don't think we can make it a show >> stopper. The boards have shipped with the non-standard signature, so we >> have to work with them. > >I agree as the train has left, but this got me thinking about these >questions that I hope Qlogic folks could answer: > > - Mention what else is different - perhaps there are other entries that > are a bit different? Or maybe the are some non-standard ones added on? We are looking into this and will update. > > - How has this been tested? As in had all the fields been tested (so CHAP > on/off, extra ports, etc). > > - Do future hardware of these cards use the standard one? If so what are >they? > "Anything produced in 2012 and later.." ? > - Is the subset of hardware that use the non-standard small enough? >Would it > be good to mention it in the commit. Sure, we will provide the required details in commit information. > >Thanks! >> >> James >>
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