On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 20:05:00 +0000, Ido Schimmel wrote: > From: Shalom Toledo <shal...@mellanox.com> > > Many drivers checking the device's firmware version during the > initialization flow and flashing a compatible version if the current > version is not. > > fw_version_check gives the ability to skip this check which allows to run > the device with a different firmware version than required by the driver > for testing and/or debugging purposes. > > Signed-off-by: Shalom Toledo <shal...@mellanox.com> > Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> > Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com>
The documentation is missing, so it's hard to comment on the definition of the parameter... We have a FW loading policy for NFP, too, so it'd be good to see if we can find a common ground.
