Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ti: icssg-prueth: Fix r30 CMDs bitmasks

[Andrew Lunn]

> > How many different versions of REL.PRU-ICSS-ETHERNET-SWITCH have been
> > released? They don't appear to be part of linux-firmware.git :-(
> > 
> 
> The firmwares are currently not posted to linux-firmware.git. They are
> maintained internally as of now. Different version of firmware is
> released for every SDK release (3-4 times a year)

Clearly, mainline works differently. Ideally you do want to get the
firmware in linux-firmware.git. The kernel and firmware are then more
likely to by upgraded at the same time. However, you should not assume
so. Maybe in mainline you can then support the last 4 firmware
versions, and issue an error if a version older than that is found.

However, until the firmware is easily available via linux-firmware,
you probably should be backwards compatible for a longer period.

	Andrew