i40e: relax the firmware API version check
As long as the Firmware isn't reporting a higher API major version number
than what the driver knows about, the driver does not need to worry as
much about greater minor numbers. The API changes minor numbers when
things get added to the API, but no existing structs or calls are changed.
The driver has the option of warning that the minor numbers don't match.
This will allow a little more flexibility in handling newer NICs and NVMs
in the field.
Change-ID: I5302acd2d147a2992328991ee7223b2ff39c8741
Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@intel.com>
Tested-by: Jim Young <jamesx.m.young@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index 34415d3..ba2811b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@
i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_NVM_EETRACK_HI, &eetrack_hi);
hw->nvm.eetrack = (eetrack_hi << 16) | eetrack_lo;
- if (hw->aq.api_maj_ver != I40E_FW_API_VERSION_MAJOR ||
- hw->aq.api_min_ver > I40E_FW_API_VERSION_MINOR) {
+ if (hw->aq.api_maj_ver > I40E_FW_API_VERSION_MAJOR) {
ret_code = I40E_ERR_FIRMWARE_API_VERSION;
goto init_adminq_free_arq;
}