[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/7] driver: net: fsl-mc: Add version check for MC objects

[Prabhakar Kushwaha]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: york sun [mailto:york.sun at nxp.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 10:49 PM
> To: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar at freescale.com>; u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Cc: Yusong Sun <yorksun at freescale.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] driver: net: fsl-mc: Add version check for MC
> objects
> 
> On 12/24/2015 02:02 AM, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> > Check and compare version of management  complex's object with the
> > version supported by Freescale ldpaa2 ethernet driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar at freescale.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/fsl-mc/mc.c           | 51
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  drivers/net/ldpaa_eth/ldpaa_eth.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> 
> The driver is not backward compatible, is it? Looks like every time the
> firmware upgrades, the driver changes.
> 

Yes, driver is not backward compatible. 
Each Firmware  new version changes lots of things including APIs. It is still getting stable. 

--prabhakar