[PATCH 0/8] optimize the firmware loading process

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 1/15/2024 2:54 AM, Chaoyong He wrote:
> This patch series aims to speedup the DPDK application start by optimize
> the firmware loading process in sereval places.
> We also simplify the port name in multiple PF firmware case to make the
> customer happy.
> 

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>   net/nfp: add the elf module
>   net/nfp: reload the firmware only when firmware changed

Above commit adds elf parser capability and second one loads firmware
when build time is different.

I can see this is an optimization effort, to understand FW status before
loading FW, but relying on build time seems fragile. Does it help to add
a new section to store version information and evaluate based on this
information?