[openib-general] FW upgrade for TopSpin cards

[Kanevsky, Arkady]

Thanks Roland.

I was worried about pointer sign 
warnings. Clock is not an issue.

Do you plan to fix the srcs so gcc 4.0 warning will not be generated?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rolandd at cisco.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:48 PM
> To: Kanevsky, Arkady
> Cc: openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] FW upgrade for TopSpin cards
> 
> 
>     Arkady> I get a bunch of warnings (see below).
> 
> All of the warnings look benign (although you might want to 
> synchronize the clock between your build system and your file server).
> 
>     Arkady> Can I use OpenIB tvflash to upgrade FW on a TopSpin card?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>     Arkady> Can I use OpenIB mstflint for it?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>     Arkady> Which version of the utilities should I use?
> 
> I would use the latest subversion revision.
> 
>     Arkady> Why warning when I build it?
> 
> Because gcc 4.0 added a bunch of semi-bogus pointer sign 
> warnings, and you clocks are out of synch.
> 
>  - R.
>