i40e: Add other helpers to check version of running firmware and AQ API

Add another helper functions that will be used by subsequent
patch to refactor existing open-coded checks whether the version
of running firmware and AdminQ API is recent enough to provide
certain capabilities.
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231113231047.548659-12-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.comSigned-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h

@@ -608,6 +608,60 @@ static inline bool i40e_is_aq_api_ver_ge(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 maj, u16 min)
 		(hw->aq.api_maj_ver == maj && hw->aq.api_min_ver >= min));
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_is_aq_api_ver_lt
+ * @hw: pointer to i40e_hw structure
+ * @maj: API major value to compare
+ * @min: API minor value to compare
+ *
+ * Assert whether current HW API version is less than provided.
+ **/
+static inline bool i40e_is_aq_api_ver_lt(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 maj, u16 min)
+{
+	return !i40e_is_aq_api_ver_ge(hw, maj, min);
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_is_fw_ver_ge
+ * @hw: pointer to i40e_hw structure
+ * @maj: API major value to compare
+ * @min: API minor value to compare
+ *
+ * Assert whether current firmware version is greater/equal than provided.
+ **/
+static inline bool i40e_is_fw_ver_ge(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 maj, u16 min)
+{
+	return (hw->aq.fw_maj_ver > maj ||
+		(hw->aq.fw_maj_ver == maj && hw->aq.fw_min_ver >= min));
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_is_fw_ver_lt
+ * @hw: pointer to i40e_hw structure
+ * @maj: API major value to compare
+ * @min: API minor value to compare
+ *
+ * Assert whether current firmware version is less than provided.
+ **/
+static inline bool i40e_is_fw_ver_lt(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 maj, u16 min)
+{
+	return !i40e_is_fw_ver_ge(hw, maj, min);
+}
+
+/**
+ * i40e_is_fw_ver_eq
+ * @hw: pointer to i40e_hw structure
+ * @maj: API major value to compare
+ * @min: API minor value to compare
+ *
+ * Assert whether current firmware version is equal to provided.
+ **/
+static inline bool i40e_is_fw_ver_eq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 maj, u16 min)
+{
+	return (hw->aq.fw_maj_ver > maj ||
+		(hw->aq.fw_maj_ver == maj && hw->aq.fw_min_ver == min));
+}
+
 struct i40e_driver_version {
 	u8 major_version;
 	u8 minor_version;