Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Add support for BCM43596 PCIe Wi-Fi

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Alvin Šipraga <ALSI@bang-olufsen.dk> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 03:02:12PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 12:21 PM Konrad Dybcio
>> <konrad.dybcio@somainline.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > Also worth noting is the 'somc' bit, meaning there are probably *some* SONY
>> > customizations, but that's also just a guess.
>> 
>> What I have seen from BRCM customizations on Samsung phones is that
>> the per-device customization of firmware seems to involve the set-up of
>> some GPIO and power management pins. For example if integrated with
>> an SoC that has autonomous system resume, or if some GPIO line has
>> to be pulled to enable an external regulator or PA.
>
> At least with Infineon (formerly Cypress), as a customer you might get a
> private firmware and this will be maintained internally by them on a
> separate customer branch. Any subsequent bugfixes or feature requests
> will usually be applied to that customer branch and a new firmware built
> from it. I think their internal "mainline" branch might get merged into
> the customer branches from time to time, but this seems to be done on an
> ad-hoc basis. This is our experience at least.
>
> I would also point out that the BCM4359 is equivalent to the
> CYW88359/CYW89359 chipset, which we are using in some of our
> products. Note that this is a Cypress chipset (identifiable by the
> Version: ... (... CY) tag in the version string). But the FW Konrad is
> linking appears to be for a Broadcom chipset.
>
> FYI, here's a publicly available set of firmware files for the '4359:
>
> https://github.com/NXP/imx-firmware/tree/master/cyw-wifi-bt/1FD_CYW4359
>
> Anyway, I would second Hector's suggestion and make this a separate FW.

I also recommend having a separate firmware filename. Like Hector said,
it's easy to have a symlink in userspace if same binary can be used.

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