netxen: avoid frequent firmware reset
Restrict firmware reset to following cases -
o chip rev is NX2031 (firmare doesn't support heartbit).
o firmware is dead.
o previous attempt to init firmware had failed.
o we have got newer file firmware.
This speeds up module load tremendously (by upto 8 sec),
also avoids downtime for NCSI (management) pass-thru
traffic.
Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@netxen.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
index 26afcb5..e1cdba7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic.h
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@
#define NX_P2_MN_ROMIMAGE 0
#define NX_P3_CT_ROMIMAGE 1
#define NX_P3_MN_ROMIMAGE 2
+#define NX_FLASH_ROMIMAGE 3
#define NETXEN_USER_START_OLD NETXEN_PXE_START /* for backward compatibility */
@@ -1254,7 +1255,7 @@
u32 resv3;
u8 has_link_events;
- u8 resv1;
+ u8 fw_type;
u16 tx_context_id;
u16 mtu;
u16 is_up;
@@ -1398,6 +1399,7 @@
int netxen_initialize_adapter_offload(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
int netxen_phantom_init(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int pegtune_val);
int netxen_load_firmware(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
+int netxen_need_fw_reset(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
void netxen_request_firmware(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
void netxen_release_firmware(struct netxen_adapter *adapter);
int netxen_pinit_from_rom(struct netxen_adapter *adapter, int verbose);