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Re: [PATCH 2/2] qtnfmac: add support for the new revision of QSR10g chip

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> > > > Add support for the new minor revision of QSR10g chip. Major changes from
> > > > the driver perspective include PCIe data path modifications. Setup is now
> > > > more complicated, but finally more things have been offloaded to hardware.
> > > > As a result, less driver boilerplate operations are needed after Tx/Rx
> > > > descriptors queues have been configured. Besides, restrictions on
> > > > descriptors queue lengths have been relaxed.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > What about the firmware, is that available for this new revision?
> > 
> > Hello Kalle,
> > 
> > There are two drivers: pearl_qtnfmac for QSR10G and topaz_qtnfmac for
> > QSR1000. Firmware for QSR1000 chips has a higher priority since those
> > devices have been in production for quite a while now and there are
> > multiple products available. From the engineering perspective we are
> > ready to release firmware and SDK for QSR1000/QSR2000 devices. Now we
> > are waiting for the ACK from legal team. This was delayed by the
> > acquisition of Quantenna by On Semiconductor.  
> > 
> > As for the latest QSR10G chips, we are not yet ready to release SDK.
> > The main reason is that platform is under active development.
> 
> Hello Kalle,
> 
> I noticed that you marked these two patches as deferred in patchwork.
> Is there anything else I have to do here ?
> 
> Regards,
> Sergey

Hello Kalle,

Could you please clarify your expectations regarding this functionality.
Am I correct assuming that you implicitly tie acceptance of these patches
with the promised release of firmware and SDK for QSR1000/2000 family ?

Regards,
Sergey



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