On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 12:57:17 -0700 Shannon Nelson wrote: > Add support for firmware update through the devlink interface. > This update copies the firmware object into the device, asks > the current firmware to install it, then asks the firmware to > set the device to use the new firmware on the next boot-up.
Activate sounds too much like fw-active in Moshe's patches. Just to be clear - you're not actually switching from the current FW to the new one here, right? If it's more analogous to switching between flash images perhaps selecting would be a better term? > The install and activate steps are launched as asynchronous > requests, which are then followed up with status requests > commands. These status request commands will be answered with > an EAGAIN return value and will try again until the request > has completed or reached the timeout specified.
