Public bug reported:

Backport recently upstreamed changes to the nfp driver to allow flash updates 
to be written to Netronome SmartNICs using ethtool.

f.e.
# ethtool -f netdev_name flash-nic.bin

This feature is not currently present in the Bionic kernel and the above 
command results in the following error:
Error return + "Flashing failed: Operation not supported\n"

This feature is implemented by the following upstream commits.

7a7415659144 ("nfp: implement firmware flashing")
87a23801e502 ("nfp: extend NSP infrastructure for configurable timeouts")

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  nfp: request backport of ethtool flashing

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  
  Backport recently upstreamed changes to the nfp driver to allow flash updates 
to be written to Netronome SmartNICs using ethtool.

  f.e.
  # ethtool -f netdev_name flash-nic.bin

  This feature is not currently present in the Bionic kernel and the above 
command results in the following error:
  Error return + "Flashing failed: Operation not supported\n"

  This feature is implemented by the following upstream commits.

  7a7415659144 ("nfp: implement firmware flashing")
  87a23801e502 ("nfp: extend NSP infrastructure for configurable timeouts")

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