[openib-general] FW upgrade for TopSpin cards

[Roland Dreier]

    Arkady> I have a Cisco HCA (PCI-X) hca_type MTS23108 hw_rev a1
    Arkady> fw_ver 1.18.0

    Arkady> hca_type and hw_rev are clearly Mellanox nomenclature.  I
    Arkady> suspect that this is Cisco FW version #.

No, it's just a very old Mellanox FW version.

    Arkady> Is there analogous documentation for Cisco FW?  Where is
    Arkady> that FW (this is Cougar card)?  Are Cisco FWs and Mellanox
    Arkady> FW the same?  If yes what is the correspondance between
    Arkady> the 2 numbering schemas.

Cisco FW and Mellanox FW are virtually identical.  The version
numbering is the same; the only difference is that Cisco FW will have
things like the NodeDescription customized.  You can use Mellanox FW
on an HCA from Cisco, and vice versa.

 - R.