Re: [PATCH RFC 06/10] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8939-asus-z00t: add Venus

André Apitzsch
2026-04-19T20:55:16Z

Hi Dmitry,

Am Samstag, dem 18.04.2026 um 02:40 +0300 schrieb Dmitry Baryshkov:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 07:57:30PM +0300, Erikas Bitovtas wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 4/16/26 6:17 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > > On 4/16/26 3:43 PM, Erikas Bitovtas wrote:
> > > > Enable Venus video encoder/decoder for Asus ZenFone 2
> > > > Laser/Selfie.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Erikas Bitovtas <xerikasxx@gmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8939-asus-z00t.dts | 8 ++++++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8939-asus-z00t.dts
> > > > b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8939-asus-z00t.dts
> > > > index 90e966242720..231a3e9c1929 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8939-asus-z00t.dts
> > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/msm8939-asus-z00t.dts
> > > > @@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ &usb_hs_phy {
> > > >   extcon = <&usb_id>;
> > > >  };
> > > >
> > > > +&venus {
> > > > + status = "okay";
> > >
> > > You need a firmware path here
> >
> > When I tested Venus on my device, it loaded without one specified -
> > msm-firmware-loader creates a symbolic link from modem partition
> > for firmware. Additionally, none of the MSM8916 devices seem to
> > include a firmware name. Has something changed since then?
>
> Us becoming more strict? Or more caring? The default file paths are
> supposed to be used for unfused devices. So if they don't work with
> yours (most likely they don't), please add firmware-name:
>
> firmware-name = "qcom/msm8916/Asus/z00t/venus.mbn";

For BQ M5 (msm8939-longcheer-l9100), venus works with the firmware
provided by linux-firmware [1] and the default path (here "qcom/venus-
1.8/venus.mbn").

Just to be clear, should the firmware-name still be added in this case,
even if it is the default one?

Best regards,
André

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/qcom/venus-1.8