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New firmware fixes iSCSI problems with some LeftHand targets that don't
set TTT=0xffffffff for Data-In according to spec.  Firmware generates
exception warnings for this condition and becomes very slow.  This is
fixed by suppressing these warnings when using default error mask.
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

upstream kernel commit dc187cb381f1bceb30498861ece510245c43ed9f

Update 5709 mips firmware to 6.2.1a to fix iSCSI performance
regression.  There was an unnecessary context read in the fast path
affecting performance.

Update bnx2 to 2.1.6.
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

upstream kernel commit 0268102d53c872b42e214f95492065c8058b042e

Update MIPS firmware to 6.2.1, with improved small packet performance
in RSS mode, and iSCSI CID allocation bug fix on 5708.

Update driver version to 2.0.21.
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

upstream kernel commit 22fa159d37efbfe781bbb99279efe83f58b87d29

- Improved flow control and simplified interface
- Use hardware RSS indirection table instead of the slower firmware-
  based table
- Lower latency interrupt on 5709
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Li <benli@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>