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[24.130.122.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5a478bee46e88-2b1707d76aasm15520905eec.33.2026.01.12.11.51.17 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:51:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <0ad4722d-1557-4d8d-ae45-c0fdf893067f@oss.qualcomm.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:51:16 -0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH ath-current 2/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci: deprecate 'firmware-name' property To: Krzysztof Kozlowski , Miaoqing Pan , jjohnson@kernel.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net, robh@kernel.org, krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org References: <20251204071100.970518-1-miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com> <20251204071100.970518-3-miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com> <76d1c3ad-d648-4719-b016-1f16b195e64c@kernel.org> From: Jeff Johnson Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <76d1c3ad-d648-4719-b016-1f16b195e64c@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-GUID: GKWycVqzczPrxI9mrIl1Uwri02qjclcm X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=SK1PlevH c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=696550b8 cx=c_pps a=PfFC4Oe2JQzmKTvty2cRDw==:117 a=Tg7Z00WN3eLgNEO9NLUKUQ==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=vUbySO9Y5rIA:10 a=s4-Qcg_JpJYA:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=bC-a23v3AAAA:8 a=EUspDBNiAAAA:8 a=V5SxF7jbE5cyk4fQ5xYA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=6Ab_bkdmUrQuMsNx7PHu:22 a=FO4_E8m0qiDe52t0p3_H:22 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: GKWycVqzczPrxI9mrIl1Uwri02qjclcm X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjYwMTEyMDE2NSBTYWx0ZWRfX+/SeNUAaz3h3 DZmnlEjAWdHRSJ7/9d1Ovyb1iPvLc6/7X9sUETiiwvF2cAzwStWla17khB5KMOgJ9ovDK57tT4a vNk059cfkOa6QAamVYF2VyHxJigU+o/7Zyz34zoKiMB85TivKwHNHHM/eVizhxn59/KmJb9uiXb bq/6Db8SvMd6BzMz094dCEex1Hyty6vEK1oOzLFIwkCWzxMUmr4x149tQisvnhK9wb3YrLqJwBJ 3bktvsQjqt9bgigqw3JBXSwbR12Hu2GeDhq1aS2VuENyBmiyGwNKWXUFGJPp72Qu5nxFyDa7Nxz 6zAUM5KQp6em/el3jser0adai6wBMRbGkjdJsdpE++8XG53C6chXtow+FpRZViMflwUDOroMHz/ w+bDtuC9Q+HIFKcm0YBFlB7kf+1zaa62v482cHedL9znVERtab0o/PxYxuD62AkBWXYkQF6f7k6 p9enWYHEfSW43sC2fMw== X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1121,Hydra:6.1.9,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2026-01-12_05,2026-01-09_02,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 phishscore=0 spamscore=0 impostorscore=0 priorityscore=1501 lowpriorityscore=0 suspectscore=0 clxscore=1015 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 malwarescore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.22.0-2512120000 definitions=main-2601120165 On 12/11/2025 7:23 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 11/12/2025 17:44, Jeff Johnson wrote: >> On 12/3/2025 11:11 PM, Miaoqing Pan wrote: >>> The firmware-name property was introduced to allow end-users and >>> integrators to select usecase specific firmware for the WCN6855. >>> However, specifying firmware for an M.2 WLAN module in the Device >>> Tree is not appropriate. Instead, this functionality will be handled >>> within the ath11k driver. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan >>> --- >>> .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml | 1 + >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml >>> index e34d42a30192..0162e365798b 100644 >>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml >>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ properties: >>> >>> firmware-name: >>> maxItems: 1 >>> + deprecated: true >>> description: >>> If present, a board or platform specific string used to lookup >>> usecase-specific firmware files for the device. >> >> The driver patch completely removes support for this, so is this really >> considered deprecated? Or should this actually be considered obsolete and > > That's silent ABI break. I will formally NAK the patch. > > >> completely removed? >> >> Do any DTS files actually reference this? >> >> /jeff > > > Best regards, > Krzysztof Krzysztof, Can you check the v2 to see if you still want to NAK? https://msgid.link/20251214025230.716387-3-miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com Thanks, /jeff