bnxt_en: Add support for updating flash more securely

To support Secure Firmware Update, we must be able to allocate
a staging area in the Flash.  This patch adds support for the
"update" type to tell firmware to do that.

Signed-off-by: Rob Swindell <rob.swindell@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index c63ed2f..3328aa5 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,8 @@ static int bnxt_flash_firmware_from_file(struct net_device *dev,
        const struct firmware  *fw;
        int                     rc;
 
-       if (bnxt_dir_type_is_executable(dir_type) == false)
+       if (dir_type != BNX_DIR_TYPE_UPDATE &&
+           bnxt_dir_type_is_executable(dir_type) == false)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        rc = request_firmware(&fw, filename, &dev->dev);

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_nvm_defs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_nvm_defs.h
index 40a7b0e..73f2249 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_nvm_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_nvm_defs.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 enum bnxt_nvm_directory_type {
        BNX_DIR_TYPE_UNUSED = 0,
        BNX_DIR_TYPE_PKG_LOG = 1,
+       BNX_DIR_TYPE_UPDATE = 2,
        BNX_DIR_TYPE_CHIMP_PATCH = 3,
        BNX_DIR_TYPE_BOOTCODE = 4,
        BNX_DIR_TYPE_VPD = 5,