DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn,
                           QED_MSG_IOV, "attempting to acquire resources\n");
 
+               /* Clear response buffer, as this might be a re-send */
+               memset(p_iov->pf2vf_reply, 0, sizeof(union pfvf_tlvs));
+
                /* send acquire request */
                rc = qed_send_msg2pf(p_hwfn, &resp->hdr.status, sizeof(*resp));
                if (rc)
                        /* PF agrees to allocate our resources */
                        if (!(resp->pfdev_info.capabilities &
                              PFVF_ACQUIRE_CAP_POST_FW_OVERRIDE)) {
-                               DP_INFO(p_hwfn,
-                                       "PF is using old incompatible driver; Either downgrade driver or request provider to update hypervisor version\n");
-                               return -EINVAL;
+                               /* It's possible legacy PF mistakenly accepted;
+                                * but we don't care - simply mark it as
+                                * legacy and continue.
+                                */
+                               req->vfdev_info.capabilities |=
+                                   VFPF_ACQUIRE_CAP_PRE_FP_HSI;
                        }
                        DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, QED_MSG_IOV, "resources acquired\n");
                        resources_acquired = true;
                           attempts < VF_ACQUIRE_THRESH) {
                        qed_vf_pf_acquire_reduce_resc(p_hwfn, p_resc,
                                                      &resp->resc);
+               } else if (resp->hdr.status == PFVF_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
+                       if (pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi &&
+                           (pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi != ETH_HSI_VER_MAJOR)) {
+                               DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn,
+                                         "PF uses an incompatible fastpath HSI %02x.%02x [VF requires %02x.%02x]. Please change to a VF driver using %02x.xx.\n",
+                                         pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi,
+                                         pfdev_info->minor_fp_hsi,
+                                         ETH_HSI_VER_MAJOR,
+                                         ETH_HSI_VER_MINOR,
+                                         pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi);
+                               rc = -EINVAL;
+                               goto exit;
+                       }
 
-                       /* Clear response buffer */
-                       memset(p_iov->pf2vf_reply, 0, sizeof(union pfvf_tlvs));
-               } else if ((resp->hdr.status == PFVF_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED) &&
-                          pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi &&
-                          (pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi != ETH_HSI_VER_MAJOR)) {
-                       DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn,
-                                 "PF uses an incompatible fastpath HSI %02x.%02x [VF requires %02x.%02x]. Please change to a VF driver using %02x.xx.\n",
-                                 pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi,
-                                 pfdev_info->minor_fp_hsi,
-                                 ETH_HSI_VER_MAJOR,
-                                 ETH_HSI_VER_MINOR, pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi);
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       if (!pfdev_info->major_fp_hsi) {
+                               if (req->vfdev_info.capabilities &
+                                   VFPF_ACQUIRE_CAP_PRE_FP_HSI) {
+                                       DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn,
+                                                 "PF uses very old drivers. Please change to a VF driver using no later than 8.8.x.x.\n");
+                                       rc = -EINVAL;
+                                       goto exit;
+                               } else {
+                                       DP_INFO(p_hwfn,
+                                               "PF is old - try re-acquire to see if it supports FW-version override\n");
+                                       req->vfdev_info.capabilities |=
+                                           VFPF_ACQUIRE_CAP_PRE_FP_HSI;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       /* If PF/VF are using same Major, PF must have had
+                        * it's reasons. Simply fail.
+                        */
+                       DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn, "PF rejected acquisition by VF\n");
+                       rc = -EINVAL;
+                       goto exit;
                } else {
                        DP_ERR(p_hwfn,
                               "PF returned error %d to VF acquisition request\n",
                               resp->hdr.status);
-                       return -EAGAIN;
+                       rc = -EAGAIN;
+                       goto exit;
                }
        }
 
+       /* Mark the PF as legacy, if needed */
+       if (req->vfdev_info.capabilities & VFPF_ACQUIRE_CAP_PRE_FP_HSI)
+               p_iov->b_pre_fp_hsi = true;
+
        /* Update bulletin board size with response from PF */
        p_iov->bulletin.size = resp->bulletin_size;
 
                }
        }
 
-       if (ETH_HSI_VER_MINOR &&
+       if (!p_iov->b_pre_fp_hsi &&
+           ETH_HSI_VER_MINOR &&
            (resp->pfdev_info.minor_fp_hsi < ETH_HSI_VER_MINOR)) {
                DP_INFO(p_hwfn,
                        "PF is using older fastpath HSI; %02x.%02x is configured\n",
                        ETH_HSI_VER_MAJOR, resp->pfdev_info.minor_fp_hsi);
        }
 
-       return 0;
+exit:
+       return rc;
 }
 
 int qed_vf_hw_prepare(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn)
 
        return -ENOMEM;
 }
+#define TSTORM_QZONE_START   PXP_VF_BAR0_START_SDM_ZONE_A
+#define MSTORM_QZONE_START(dev)   (TSTORM_QZONE_START +        \
+                                  (TSTORM_QZONE_SIZE * NUM_OF_L2_QUEUES(dev)))
 
 int qed_vf_pf_rxq_start(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
                        u8 rx_qid,
        req->bd_max_bytes = bd_max_bytes;
        req->stat_id = -1;
 
+       /* If PF is legacy, we'll need to calculate producers ourselves
+        * as well as clean them.
+        */
+       if (pp_prod && p_iov->b_pre_fp_hsi) {
+               u8 hw_qid = p_iov->acquire_resp.resc.hw_qid[rx_qid];
+               u32 init_prod_val = 0;
+
+               *pp_prod = (u8 __iomem *)p_hwfn->regview +
+                                        MSTORM_QZONE_START(p_hwfn->cdev) +
+                                        hw_qid * MSTORM_QZONE_SIZE;
+
+               /* Init the rcq, rx bd and rx sge (if valid) producers to 0 */
+               __internal_ram_wr(p_hwfn, *pp_prod, sizeof(u32),
+                                 (u32 *)(&init_prod_val));
+       }
        /* add list termination tlv */
        qed_add_tlv(p_hwfn, &p_iov->offset,
                    CHANNEL_TLV_LIST_END, sizeof(struct channel_list_end_tlv));
                return -EINVAL;
 
        /* Learn the address of the producer from the response */
-       if (pp_prod) {
+       if (pp_prod && !p_iov->b_pre_fp_hsi) {
                u32 init_prod_val = 0;
 
                *pp_prod = (u8 __iomem *)p_hwfn->regview + resp->offset;
        }
 
        if (pp_doorbell) {
-               *pp_doorbell = (u8 __iomem *)p_hwfn->doorbells + resp->offset;
+               /* Modern PFs provide the actual offsets, while legacy
+                * provided only the queue id.
+                */
+               if (!p_iov->b_pre_fp_hsi) {
+                       *pp_doorbell = (u8 __iomem *)p_hwfn->doorbells +
+                                                    resp->offset;
+               } else {
+                       u8 cid = p_iov->acquire_resp.resc.cid[tx_queue_id];
+                       u32 db_addr;
+
+                       db_addr = qed_db_addr(cid, DQ_DEMS_LEGACY);
+                       *pp_doorbell = (u8 __iomem *)p_hwfn->doorbells +
+                                                    db_addr;
+               }
 
                DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, QED_MSG_IOV,
                           "Txq[0x%02x]: doorbell at %p [offset 0x%08x]\n",