From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59989C6FD1F for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:54:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) id 12CB3C433D2; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:54:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B91C6C433EF; Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:54:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1679464463; bh=EyLO3+rjpwsdiQ0zKsxaRFcvLsqBi1X3BezQ0mQ/27A=; h=From:To:List-Id:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Iy/4VQZiWkYHykhhczLmGXKjaFYY11F1Y/naaU9L8UxOg6AbLOimUWUELgFe2wOJP skStkOvZsNGqyrchuUMBFm8X2QfixrN5ClK0/PB05rdEDSywBx5fHxzYnAadEQT3eS 3ynZqExhAEXGO2jArDiduW4x7LYRw1O1zBLN3B3AFwL2ssdQKaRM8yG/K9hcE7zxu7 v5QL6Dh7OW89GbTy0qTtz4f5c2hgkjmAj4xJ5eAe2p5rBStahgZVFgF7B84Dcy+Nig DSYIx1BrYZSfkOxeJ9cTmh+FDGJpwDuN88loOKdxIWz+S9uQdC8LpnCVjdEIy9wFUt zpE+n2BqXHYaA== From: Kalle Valo To: Dmitry Baryshkov List-Id: Cc: linux-firmware@kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath10k@lists.infradead.org, ath11k@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PULL linux-firmware] ath10k & ath11k firmware 20230215 References: <878rgzuw37.fsf@kernel.org> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:54:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Dmitry Baryshkov's message of "Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:39:17 +0200") Message-ID: <87v8ite3g4.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Dmitry Baryshkov writes: >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/Notice.txt | 4094 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/board-2.bin | Bin 0 -> 524564 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.b00 | Bin 0 -> 148 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.b01 | Bin 0 -> 136 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.b02 | Bin 0 -> 262144 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.flist | 3 + >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt | Bin 0 -> 284 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b00 | Bin 0 -> 532 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b01 | Bin 0 -> 520 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b02 | Bin 0 -> 7552 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b03 | Bin 0 -> 545008 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b04 | Bin 0 -> 86788 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b05 | Bin 0 -> 17776 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b07 | Bin 0 -> 1488 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b08 | Bin 0 -> 4096 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b09 | Bin 0 -> 2330624 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b10 | Bin 0 -> 269028 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b11 | Bin 0 -> 99436 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b13 | Bin 0 -> 7024 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b14 | Bin 0 -> 1668 bytes >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.flist | 13 + >> ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt | Bin 0 -> 1052 bytes > > For the past several years, the Qualcomm community has been shifting > from the pack of .mdt+.bNN files to a single .mbn file as a main > firmware file format. It reduces the back-and-forth between the kernel > and userspace and also simplifies handling of these files. > > In-kernel mdt loader provides backwards compatibility, detecting the > file type and using .mbn instead of .mdt one, retaining the name (or > using symlink). > > Do you have any plans to also shift from .mdt to .mbn? I have not heard any such plans but I'll ask around. Would you mind filing this to bugzilla as a feature request? https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath11k/bugreport That way it's easier for me to track it. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches