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+/*$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ixl/i40e_nvm.c 284049 2015-06-05 22:52:42Z jfv $*/
+
+#include "i40e_prototype.h"
+
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					       u16 *data);
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					    u16 *data);
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_buffer_srctl(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+						 u16 *words, u16 *data);
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_buffer_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					      u16 *words, u16 *data);
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u8 module_pointer,
+				       u32 offset, u16 words, void *data,
+				       bool last_command);
+
+/**
+ * i40e_init_nvm_ops - Initialize NVM function pointers
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ *
+ * Setup the function pointers and the NVM info structure. Should be called
+ * once per NVM initialization, e.g. inside the i40e_init_shared_code().
+ * Please notice that the NVM term is used here (& in all methods covered
+ * in this file) as an equivalent of the FLASH part mapped into the SR.
+ * We are accessing FLASH always thru the Shadow RAM.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_init_nvm(struct i40e_hw *hw)
+{
+	struct i40e_nvm_info *nvm = &hw->nvm;
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+	u32 fla, gens;
+	u8 sr_size;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_init_nvm");
+
+	/* The SR size is stored regardless of the nvm programming mode
+	 * as the blank mode may be used in the factory line.
+	 */
+	gens = rd32(hw, I40E_GLNVM_GENS);
+	sr_size = ((gens & I40E_GLNVM_GENS_SR_SIZE_MASK) >>
+			   I40E_GLNVM_GENS_SR_SIZE_SHIFT);
+	/* Switching to words (sr_size contains power of 2KB) */
+	nvm->sr_size = BIT(sr_size) * I40E_SR_WORDS_IN_1KB;
+
+	/* Check if we are in the normal or blank NVM programming mode */
+	fla = rd32(hw, I40E_GLNVM_FLA);
+	if (fla & I40E_GLNVM_FLA_LOCKED_MASK) { /* Normal programming mode */
+		/* Max NVM timeout */
+		nvm->timeout = I40E_MAX_NVM_TIMEOUT;
+		nvm->blank_nvm_mode = FALSE;
+	} else { /* Blank programming mode */
+		nvm->blank_nvm_mode = TRUE;
+		ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM_BLANK_MODE;
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM, "NVM init error: unsupported blank mode.\n");
+	}
+
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_acquire_nvm - Generic request for acquiring the NVM ownership
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @access: NVM access type (read or write)
+ *
+ * This function will request NVM ownership for reading
+ * via the proper Admin Command.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_acquire_nvm(struct i40e_hw *hw,
+				       enum i40e_aq_resource_access_type access)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+	u64 gtime, timeout;
+	u64 time_left = 0;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_acquire_nvm");
+
+	if (hw->nvm.blank_nvm_mode)
+		goto i40e_i40e_acquire_nvm_exit;
+
+	ret_code = i40e_aq_request_resource(hw, I40E_NVM_RESOURCE_ID, access,
+					    0, &time_left, NULL);
+	/* Reading the Global Device Timer */
+	gtime = rd32(hw, I40E_GLVFGEN_TIMER);
+
+	/* Store the timeout */
+	hw->nvm.hw_semaphore_timeout = I40E_MS_TO_GTIME(time_left) + gtime;
+
+	if (ret_code)
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+			   "NVM acquire type %d failed time_left=%llu ret=%d aq_err=%d\n",
+			   access, time_left, ret_code, hw->aq.asq_last_status);
+
+	if (ret_code && time_left) {
+		/* Poll until the current NVM owner timeouts */
+		timeout = I40E_MS_TO_GTIME(I40E_MAX_NVM_TIMEOUT) + gtime;
+		while ((gtime < timeout) && time_left) {
+			i40e_msec_delay(10);
+			gtime = rd32(hw, I40E_GLVFGEN_TIMER);
+			ret_code = i40e_aq_request_resource(hw,
+							I40E_NVM_RESOURCE_ID,
+							access, 0, &time_left,
+							NULL);
+			if (ret_code == I40E_SUCCESS) {
+				hw->nvm.hw_semaphore_timeout =
+					    I40E_MS_TO_GTIME(time_left) + gtime;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS) {
+			hw->nvm.hw_semaphore_timeout = 0;
+			i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+				   "NVM acquire timed out, wait %llu ms before trying again. status=%d aq_err=%d\n",
+				   time_left, ret_code, hw->aq.asq_last_status);
+		}
+	}
+
+i40e_i40e_acquire_nvm_exit:
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_release_nvm - Generic request for releasing the NVM ownership
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ *
+ * This function will release NVM resource via the proper Admin Command.
+ **/
+void i40e_release_nvm(struct i40e_hw *hw)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+	u32 total_delay = 0;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_release_nvm");
+
+	if (hw->nvm.blank_nvm_mode)
+		return;
+
+	ret_code = i40e_aq_release_resource(hw, I40E_NVM_RESOURCE_ID, 0, NULL);
+
+	/* there are some rare cases when trying to release the resource
+	 * results in an admin Q timeout, so handle them correctly
+	 */
+	while ((ret_code == I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_TIMEOUT) &&
+	       (total_delay < hw->aq.asq_cmd_timeout)) {
+			i40e_msec_delay(1);
+			ret_code = i40e_aq_release_resource(hw,
+						I40E_NVM_RESOURCE_ID, 0, NULL);
+			total_delay++;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_poll_sr_srctl_done_bit - Polls the GLNVM_SRCTL done bit
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ *
+ * Polls the SRCTL Shadow RAM register done bit.
+ **/
+static enum i40e_status_code i40e_poll_sr_srctl_done_bit(struct i40e_hw *hw)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_ERR_TIMEOUT;
+	u32 srctl, wait_cnt;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_poll_sr_srctl_done_bit");
+
+	/* Poll the I40E_GLNVM_SRCTL until the done bit is set */
+	for (wait_cnt = 0; wait_cnt < I40E_SRRD_SRCTL_ATTEMPTS; wait_cnt++) {
+		srctl = rd32(hw, I40E_GLNVM_SRCTL);
+		if (srctl & I40E_GLNVM_SRCTL_DONE_MASK) {
+			ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+			break;
+		}
+		i40e_usec_delay(5);
+	}
+	if (ret_code == I40E_ERR_TIMEOUT)
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM, "Done bit in GLNVM_SRCTL not set");
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_word - Reads Shadow RAM
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF)
+ * @data: word read from the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM using the GLNVM_SRCTL register.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_word(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					 u16 *data)
+{
+#ifdef X722_SUPPORT
+	if (hw->mac.type == I40E_MAC_X722)
+		return i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(hw, offset, data);
+#endif
+	return i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl(hw, offset, data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl - Reads Shadow RAM via SRCTL register
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF)
+ * @data: word read from the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM using the GLNVM_SRCTL register.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					       u16 *data)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_ERR_TIMEOUT;
+	u32 sr_reg;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl");
+
+	if (offset >= hw->nvm.sr_size) {
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+			   "NVM read error: Offset %d beyond Shadow RAM limit %d\n",
+			   offset, hw->nvm.sr_size);
+		ret_code = I40E_ERR_PARAM;
+		goto read_nvm_exit;
+	}
+
+	/* Poll the done bit first */
+	ret_code = i40e_poll_sr_srctl_done_bit(hw);
+	if (ret_code == I40E_SUCCESS) {
+		/* Write the address and start reading */
+		sr_reg = ((u32)offset << I40E_GLNVM_SRCTL_ADDR_SHIFT) |
+			 BIT(I40E_GLNVM_SRCTL_START_SHIFT);
+		wr32(hw, I40E_GLNVM_SRCTL, sr_reg);
+
+		/* Poll I40E_GLNVM_SRCTL until the done bit is set */
+		ret_code = i40e_poll_sr_srctl_done_bit(hw);
+		if (ret_code == I40E_SUCCESS) {
+			sr_reg = rd32(hw, I40E_GLNVM_SRDATA);
+			*data = (u16)((sr_reg &
+				       I40E_GLNVM_SRDATA_RDDATA_MASK)
+				    >> I40E_GLNVM_SRDATA_RDDATA_SHIFT);
+		}
+	}
+	if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS)
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+			   "NVM read error: Couldn't access Shadow RAM address: 0x%x\n",
+			   offset);
+
+read_nvm_exit:
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_word_aq - Reads Shadow RAM via AQ
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF)
+ * @data: word read from the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Reads one 16 bit word from the Shadow RAM using the GLNVM_SRCTL register.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					    u16 *data)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_ERR_TIMEOUT;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_read_nvm_word_aq");
+
+	ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_aq(hw, 0x0, offset, 1, data, TRUE);
+	*data = LE16_TO_CPU(*(__le16 *)data);
+
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_buffer - Reads Shadow RAM buffer
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF).
+ * @words: (in) number of words to read; (out) number of words actually read
+ * @data: words read from the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Reads 16 bit words (data buffer) from the SR using the i40e_read_nvm_srrd()
+ * method. The buffer read is preceded by the NVM ownership take
+ * and followed by the release.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_buffer(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					   u16 *words, u16 *data)
+{
+#ifdef X722_SUPPORT
+	if (hw->mac.type == I40E_MAC_X722)
+		return i40e_read_nvm_buffer_aq(hw, offset, words, data);
+#endif
+	return i40e_read_nvm_buffer_srctl(hw, offset, words, data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_buffer_srctl - Reads Shadow RAM buffer via SRCTL register
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF).
+ * @words: (in) number of words to read; (out) number of words actually read
+ * @data: words read from the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Reads 16 bit words (data buffer) from the SR using the i40e_read_nvm_srrd()
+ * method. The buffer read is preceded by the NVM ownership take
+ * and followed by the release.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_buffer_srctl(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+						 u16 *words, u16 *data)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+	u16 index, word;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_read_nvm_buffer_srctl");
+
+	/* Loop thru the selected region */
+	for (word = 0; word < *words; word++) {
+		index = offset + word;
+		ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_word_srctl(hw, index, &data[word]);
+		if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* Update the number of words read from the Shadow RAM */
+	*words = word;
+
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_buffer_aq - Reads Shadow RAM buffer via AQ
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF).
+ * @words: (in) number of words to read; (out) number of words actually read
+ * @data: words read from the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Reads 16 bit words (data buffer) from the SR using the i40e_read_nvm_aq()
+ * method. The buffer read is preceded by the NVM ownership take
+ * and followed by the release.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_buffer_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+					      u16 *words, u16 *data)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code;
+	u16 read_size = *words;
+	bool last_cmd = FALSE;
+	u16 words_read = 0;
+	u16 i = 0;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_read_nvm_buffer_aq");
+
+	do {
+		/* Calculate number of bytes we should read in this step.
+		 * FVL AQ do not allow to read more than one page at a time or
+		 * to cross page boundaries.
+		 */
+		if (offset % I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)
+			read_size = min(*words,
+					(u16)(I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS -
+				      (offset % I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)));
+		else
+			read_size = min((*words - words_read),
+					I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS);
+
+		/* Check if this is last command, if so set proper flag */
+		if ((words_read + read_size) >= *words)
+			last_cmd = TRUE;
+
+		ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_aq(hw, 0x0, offset, read_size,
+					    data + words_read, last_cmd);
+		if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS)
+			goto read_nvm_buffer_aq_exit;
+
+		/* Increment counter for words already read and move offset to
+		 * new read location
+		 */
+		words_read += read_size;
+		offset += read_size;
+	} while (words_read < *words);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < *words; i++)
+		data[i] = LE16_TO_CPU(((__le16 *)data)[i]);
+
+read_nvm_buffer_aq_exit:
+	*words = words_read;
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_read_nvm_aq - Read Shadow RAM.
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure.
+ * @module_pointer: module pointer location in words from the NVM beginning
+ * @offset: offset in words from module start
+ * @words: number of words to write
+ * @data: buffer with words to write to the Shadow RAM
+ * @last_command: tells the AdminQ that this is the last command
+ *
+ * Writes a 16 bit words buffer to the Shadow RAM using the admin command.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_read_nvm_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u8 module_pointer,
+				       u32 offset, u16 words, void *data,
+				       bool last_command)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM;
+	struct i40e_asq_cmd_details cmd_details;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_read_nvm_aq");
+
+	memset(&cmd_details, 0, sizeof(cmd_details));
+	cmd_details.wb_desc = &hw->nvm_wb_desc;
+
+	/* Here we are checking the SR limit only for the flat memory model.
+	 * We cannot do it for the module-based model, as we did not acquire
+	 * the NVM resource yet (we cannot get the module pointer value).
+	 * Firmware will check the module-based model.
+	 */
+	if ((offset + words) > hw->nvm.sr_size)
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+			   "NVM write error: offset %d beyond Shadow RAM limit %d\n",
+			   (offset + words), hw->nvm.sr_size);
+	else if (words > I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)
+		/* We can write only up to 4KB (one sector), in one AQ write */
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+			   "NVM write fail error: tried to write %d words, limit is %d.\n",
+			   words, I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS);
+	else if (((offset + (words - 1)) / I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)
+		 != (offset / I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS))
+		/* A single write cannot spread over two sectors */
+		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_NVM,
+			   "NVM write error: cannot spread over two sectors in a single write offset=%d words=%d\n",
+			   offset, words);
+	else
+		ret_code = i40e_aq_read_nvm(hw, module_pointer,
+					    2 * offset,  /*bytes*/
+					    2 * words,   /*bytes*/
+					    data, last_command, &cmd_details);
+
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_write_nvm_aq - Writes Shadow RAM.
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure.
+ * @module_pointer: module pointer location in words from the NVM beginning
+ * @offset: offset in words from module start
+ * @words: number of words to write
+ * @data: buffer with words to write to the Shadow RAM
+ * @last_command: tells the AdminQ that this is the last command
+ *
+ * Writes a 16 bit words buffer to the Shadow RAM using the admin command.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_write_nvm_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u8 module_pointer,
+					u32 offset, u16 words, void *data,
+					bool last_command)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM;
+	struct i40e_asq_cmd_details cmd_details;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_write_nvm_aq");
+
+	memset(&cmd_details, 0, sizeof(cmd_details));
+	cmd_details.wb_desc = &hw->nvm_wb_desc;
+
+	/* Here we are checking the SR limit only for the flat memory model.
+	 * We cannot do it for the module-based model, as we did not acquire
+	 * the NVM resource yet (we cannot get the module pointer value).
+	 * Firmware will check the module-based model.
+	 */
+	if ((offset + words) > hw->nvm.sr_size)
+		DEBUGOUT("NVM write error: offset beyond Shadow RAM limit.\n");
+	else if (words > I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)
+		/* We can write only up to 4KB (one sector), in one AQ write */
+		DEBUGOUT("NVM write fail error: cannot write more than 4KB in a single write.\n");
+	else if (((offset + (words - 1)) / I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS)
+		 != (offset / I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS))
+		/* A single write cannot spread over two sectors */
+		DEBUGOUT("NVM write error: cannot spread over two sectors in a single write.\n");
+	else
+		ret_code = i40e_aq_update_nvm(hw, module_pointer,
+					      2 * offset,  /*bytes*/
+					      2 * words,   /*bytes*/
+					      data, last_command, &cmd_details);
+
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_write_nvm_word - Writes Shadow RAM word
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to write
+ * @data: word to write to the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Writes a 16 bit word to the SR using the i40e_write_nvm_aq() method.
+ * NVM ownership have to be acquired and released (on ARQ completion event
+ * reception) by caller. To commit SR to NVM update checksum function
+ * should be called.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_write_nvm_word(struct i40e_hw *hw, u32 offset,
+					  void *data)
+{
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_write_nvm_word");
+
+	*((__le16 *)data) = CPU_TO_LE16(*((u16 *)data));
+
+	/* Value 0x00 below means that we treat SR as a flat mem */
+	return i40e_write_nvm_aq(hw, 0x00, offset, 1, data, FALSE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_write_nvm_buffer - Writes Shadow RAM buffer
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @module_pointer: module pointer location in words from the NVM beginning
+ * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM buffer to write
+ * @words: number of words to write
+ * @data: words to write to the Shadow RAM
+ *
+ * Writes a 16 bit words buffer to the Shadow RAM using the admin command.
+ * NVM ownership must be acquired before calling this function and released
+ * on ARQ completion event reception by caller. To commit SR to NVM update
+ * checksum function should be called.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_write_nvm_buffer(struct i40e_hw *hw,
+					    u8 module_pointer, u32 offset,
+					    u16 words, void *data)
+{
+	__le16 *le_word_ptr = (__le16 *)data;
+	u16 *word_ptr = (u16 *)data;
+	u32 i = 0;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_write_nvm_buffer");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < words; i++)
+		le_word_ptr[i] = CPU_TO_LE16(word_ptr[i]);
+
+	/* Here we will only write one buffer as the size of the modules
+	 * mirrored in the Shadow RAM is always less than 4K.
+	 */
+	return i40e_write_nvm_aq(hw, module_pointer, offset, words,
+				 data, FALSE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_calc_nvm_checksum - Calculates and returns the checksum
+ * @hw: pointer to hardware structure
+ * @checksum: pointer to the checksum
+ *
+ * This function calculates SW Checksum that covers the whole 64kB shadow RAM
+ * except the VPD and PCIe ALT Auto-load modules. The structure and size of VPD
+ * is customer specific and unknown. Therefore, this function skips all maximum
+ * possible size of VPD (1kB).
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_calc_nvm_checksum(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 *checksum)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+	struct i40e_virt_mem vmem;
+	u16 pcie_alt_module = 0;
+	u16 checksum_local = 0;
+	u16 vpd_module = 0;
+	u16 *data;
+	u16 i = 0;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_calc_nvm_checksum");
+
+	ret_code = i40e_allocate_virt_mem(hw, &vmem,
+				    I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS * sizeof(u16));
+	if (ret_code)
+		goto i40e_calc_nvm_checksum_exit;
+	data = (u16 *)vmem.va;
+
+	/* read pointer to VPD area */
+	ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_VPD_PTR, &vpd_module);
+	if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS) {
+		ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM_CHECKSUM;
+		goto i40e_calc_nvm_checksum_exit;
+	}
+
+	/* read pointer to PCIe Alt Auto-load module */
+	ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_PCIE_ALT_AUTO_LOAD_PTR,
+				      &pcie_alt_module);
+	if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS) {
+		ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM_CHECKSUM;
+		goto i40e_calc_nvm_checksum_exit;
+	}
+
+	/* Calculate SW checksum that covers the whole 64kB shadow RAM
+	 * except the VPD and PCIe ALT Auto-load modules
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < hw->nvm.sr_size; i++) {
+		/* Read SR page */
+		if ((i % I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS) == 0) {
+			u16 words = I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS;
+
+			ret_code = i40e_read_nvm_buffer(hw, i, &words, data);
+			if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS) {
+				ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM_CHECKSUM;
+				goto i40e_calc_nvm_checksum_exit;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Skip Checksum word */
+		if (i == I40E_SR_SW_CHECKSUM_WORD)
+			continue;
+		/* Skip VPD module (convert byte size to word count) */
+		if ((i >= (u32)vpd_module) &&
+		    (i < ((u32)vpd_module +
+		     (I40E_SR_VPD_MODULE_MAX_SIZE / 2)))) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		/* Skip PCIe ALT module (convert byte size to word count) */
+		if ((i >= (u32)pcie_alt_module) &&
+		    (i < ((u32)pcie_alt_module +
+		     (I40E_SR_PCIE_ALT_MODULE_MAX_SIZE / 2)))) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		checksum_local += data[i % I40E_SR_SECTOR_SIZE_IN_WORDS];
+	}
+
+	*checksum = (u16)I40E_SR_SW_CHECKSUM_BASE - checksum_local;
+
+i40e_calc_nvm_checksum_exit:
+	i40e_free_virt_mem(hw, &vmem);
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_update_nvm_checksum - Updates the NVM checksum
+ * @hw: pointer to hardware structure
+ *
+ * NVM ownership must be acquired before calling this function and released
+ * on ARQ completion event reception by caller.
+ * This function will commit SR to NVM.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_update_nvm_checksum(struct i40e_hw *hw)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+	u16 checksum;
+	__le16 le_sum;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_update_nvm_checksum");
+
+	ret_code = i40e_calc_nvm_checksum(hw, &checksum);
+	le_sum = CPU_TO_LE16(checksum);
+	if (ret_code == I40E_SUCCESS)
+		ret_code = i40e_write_nvm_aq(hw, 0x00, I40E_SR_SW_CHECKSUM_WORD,
+					     1, &le_sum, TRUE);
+
+	return ret_code;
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_validate_nvm_checksum - Validate EEPROM checksum
+ * @hw: pointer to hardware structure
+ * @checksum: calculated checksum
+ *
+ * Performs checksum calculation and validates the NVM SW checksum. If the
+ * caller does not need checksum, the value can be NULL.
+ **/
+enum i40e_status_code i40e_validate_nvm_checksum(struct i40e_hw *hw,
+						 u16 *checksum)
+{
+	enum i40e_status_code ret_code = I40E_SUCCESS;
+	u16 checksum_sr = 0;
+	u16 checksum_local = 0;
+
+	DEBUGFUNC("i40e_validate_nvm_checksum");
+
+	ret_code = i40e_calc_nvm_checksum(hw, &checksum_local);
+	if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS)
+		goto i40e_validate_nvm_checksum_exit;
+
+	/* Do not use i40e_read_nvm_word() because we do not want to take
+	 * the synchronization semaphores twice here.
+	 */
+	i40e_read_nvm_word(hw, I40E_SR_SW_CHECKSUM_WORD, &checksum_sr);
+
+	/* Verify read checksum from EEPROM is the same as
+	 * calculated checksum
+	 */
+	if (checksum_local != checksum_sr)
+		ret_code = I40E_ERR_NVM_CHECKSUM;
+
+	/* If the user cares, return the calculated checksum */
+	if (checksum)
+		*checksum = checksum_local;
+
+i40e_validate_nvm_checksum_exit:
+	return ret_code;
+}
