bnx2x: Using the new FW

The new FW improves the packets per second rate. It required a lot of change in the FW which implies many changes in the driver to support it. It is now also possible for the driver to use a separate MSI-X vector for Rx and Tx - this also add some to the complicity of this change. All things said - after this patch, practically all performance matrixes show improvement. Though Vladislav Zolotarov is not signed on this patch, he did most of the job and deserves credit for that. Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
16 years ago · 931b7c1f3a
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--- a/bnx2x-e1-4.8.53.0.fw
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--- a/bnx2x-e1-5.0.21.0.fw
+++ b/bnx2x-e1-5.0.21.0.fw
--- a/bnx2x-e1h-4.8.53.0.fw
+++ b/bnx2x-e1h-4.8.53.0.fw
--- a/bnx2x-e1h-5.0.21.0.fw
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