[EXT] Re: [PATCH v1 02/34] ml/cnxk: drop use of RTE API for firmware read

[Srikanth Yalavarthi]

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> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v1 02/34] ml/cnxk: drop use of RTE API for
> firmware read
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> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 9:40 PM Srikanth Yalavarthi
> <syalavarthi at marvell.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dropped use of rte_firmware_read API to read ML firmware binary. When
> > DPDK is built with libarchive aaupport, the the RTE API assumes the
> > binary file as a compressed archive. This causes the ML firmware
> > binary to be parsed incorrectly.
> 
> + @David Marchand  rte_firmware_read() author for his opinions
> 

Dropped this patch in v3 series. Required fix is implemented as part of
http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230926144454.13419-1-syalavarthi@marvell.com/