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 <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
ambv · Jul 2, 2016 · a4c3634 · a4c3634
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diff --git 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
@@ -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,