Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru 73b07a93ed qed: Add firmware 8.7.3.0. ...

This patch pushes the next firmware for the QED module.
This fixes numerous bugs, most notably:
  - FLR flow isn't properly working.
  - Chip might become unrespronsive after closing a vport.
  - Chip gets stuck when transmitting packet with length > mtu.

It would also allow us to push future features such as:
  - Vlan filter offload.
  - Encapsulation offload.
  - Single Root IOV support.
  - Timesync.
  - Non-L2 protocols.

>From L2 perspecitve, it's also note-worthy to state that it:
  - Changes fastpath HSI - fastpath will be moved to into using
    Jumbo-over-BD.
  - Improves throughput on single connection traffic.

Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@kernel.org>

2016-01-10 12:11:00 -08:00

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