From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B6841E87F for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:03:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.227.15.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709089404; cv=none; b=N2G5jorsy81Sk7Si1EFDFqorKhgNdIJKVfegrVRYFLJ70osTr4xezAqLbZIpqRpS1C/1dgpyHvBDzIAInRWHK+ul2KKg86VVMzAapfo4IltM3lXkmDPNR/Pls9YS71qeTw7q6u4qxjPvfJz+lyuKPSURzbtFEfUxu7UPOsFw804= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709089404; c=relaxed/simple; bh=y12k4KVgD1oGXRTDF3s3fpg17KRkaH1E70Z/KIc72ig=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=mscj5A0vUoGUCizzy6eIeTMvz4bXQlLPuWr4xmluD+pM7p6C0/9MxMpc10vLNpfHPRFedTHv3WYj+ZtXZuV0OcwVksZY3MSYdA2NFyGYyNZxRV1+2naPGE1jmeFSZAKwWbMINaksK9skXonK2zMZh7rmMT+rwnH25pV0l7dcaJ4= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=gmx.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmx.de; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmx.de header.i=s.l-h@gmx.de header.b=MltQJ3TB; arc=none smtp.client-ip=212.227.15.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=gmx.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmx.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmx.de header.i=s.l-h@gmx.de header.b="MltQJ3TB" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.de; s=s31663417; t=1709089379; x=1709694179; i=s.l-h@gmx.de; bh=y12k4KVgD1oGXRTDF3s3fpg17KRkaH1E70Z/KIc72ig=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To: References; b=MltQJ3TBj1jaYI22KfrAYzg6YZRG5ydhNJyf6+kZRAWl/evbm/ekKfLDm5Ar+iZu z/RwqEEeFKgYqTUV+Yh3eeos6h/i8odW04wLTTg03DSimGoons+MPpC8t6BSz6XiM beZQNHWcj8wKpkcNCahZR+XG6ezxgU8miX5YN2pNWFWG8MwhKR0c/HrOhtUFoU2pI F6wdIUmW7rV4gjaBKN0OWy8Ap+QymkNmMYR61sMfbCTBklIuwYsPNcx4CAKMVNgxY +L0cCZCWMK4MUGqD92K0DN5aFeeIkndlD73/84MO2GhMYIG/JZgVFeh9phXQb8Tkh fc0Hgx1mkl3KiY1dOA== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Received: from mir ([94.31.82.155]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx005 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MMGRA-1rLzAz1SzO-00JKFB; Wed, 28 Feb 2024 04:02:59 +0100 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 04:02:55 +0100 From: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann To: Kalle Valo Cc: Igor Mitsyanko , Jeff Johnson , Alexis =?UTF-8?B?TG90aG9yw6k=?= , Johannes Berg , Ajay Singh , Thomas Petazzoni , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Sergey Matyukevich , kernel test robot , Claudiu Beznea , srini.raju@purelifi.com, krystal.heaton@onsemi.com Subject: Re: wireless: orphan qfnfmac and plfxlc drivers? Message-ID: <20240228040255.0932ba6c@mir> In-Reply-To: <87msrmj9c8.fsf@kernel.org> References: <20240215-nl80211_fix_akm_suites_endianness-v1-0-57e902632f9d@bootlin.com> <02c155ff-f880-4e88-b600-9d632019729f@bootlin.com> <875xypejwt.fsf_-_@kernel.org> <871q9dej8j.fsf@kernel.org> <89bc5ff1-b049-49d1-b15a-4e01a4659c74@quicinc.com> <87le7kda2a.fsf@kernel.org> <21846c39-b5c5-482c-97be-51e36e1ebf49@gmail.com> <87msrmj9c8.fsf@kernel.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:mkzM9556EoESYCJiZiWZJ+aYt1Swu3QecEv3lWpTmGDWFz36agI uabAp4I439ipChasA9Xk6/6y0vsH4g/Q7354b2WTYs8ZkCBqVA0sbKSw2rbbkHv3LK+Xcu3 9YQtJzUKiaeN4r9OQxTJosdZ0aGWgGdyaoer07wsPuCZtIbrVVPurEp0SBkyYimlRXo9dyv P8HwmksYv1BWU6UB0Odcg== X-Spam-Flag: NO UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:1F5MHQvDhLo=;8dycDLxn9QJ1pc5tbUDLuwoh4z0 AlIZ0CTnEz8LhWaoE0hSuQ5AB4msk4eLfp0ETu+bruqS+4Ej7SUNiI2+Yn6qEBZOiSgDQijkf SgGAbqbCQjCPyz11Byd4Hcw2KfnKYoBRw42h/nNz0gWd/L+0SrmQ1xFwrb+IDDQ1MA3P+koYw PoZzhaCPExPBiHQiWgcpz5wUZNmPJpkTSLjwhPfSRzAAzWNrO1B+K3dYSTINYCvpJNoGV+uSv WbNUbTDxt5OcgUOaGe4Y2CQa3syNGNpV1mebKiF0aRr88cgOdU/pzi5p6r3srrN0QuW8E8bAw wOaSaiVwoKI3RPyEkMIgYy9aHD9D/MnV4+8XKs4b7+Oz9KZzqkr8ROMYuJMG7gDz9ycdSCcQR HnnESAXqgClAV1tZayyWqgVLwp4cLnSOaYvk9tEaBxzKb/3GlCzWslqghe++yzdfadGq1AWC3 CrZJw+gZJSOZhfSzEhV+jUUaNGkQaIqL8W/wMndR3DCAOfdCUmgHKhwHBR85stRSppBnh4vmV PHIdTJbKw4zBD1yS53n1Uks2GSub5EEHCEfjuLqMt8aw+kZVMxt41xlj5+1nOH5hZgg9qHKZX jNyN+MFEQRHTr/GzFX2CzURMPiRtwhkYLXtay+L4Tk36vMBPiU4Bj6wCkfNbbbBO/mHEPDbGD XYGqN5Ft4jgGVJDdnNDp1NLjKLSoZs/jkqKffoAl53fQzLASFOM1N3SzwRdL6ekb6EWqmmZlp kZ+2e2/BSYZKCmE3XxSEtUhAn73T9af+6CbzyrEnLcdaAZwQEWWDrMSZjgQicDaADR8q/0Cj2 A1L0+43q08bjBpm+iwXUzkX+WKgRY7OVLd8fqeVMVJos8= Hi On 2024-02-27, Kalle Valo wrote: > Igor Mitsyanko writes: > > On 2/16/24 01:37, Kalle Valo wrote: > >> Jeff Johnson writes: > >>> On 2/15/2024 9:21 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: [...] > > that's right, Quantenna division was shutdown by ON. To my knowledge > > no users of qtnfmac drivers are left after that. I would think > > removing driver altogether is the right approach. I'm not associated > > with ON anymore so it's just my personal opinion. > > > > CCing Krystal Heaton who I found on ON "contacts" web page (just in > > case someone from ON wants to comment if removing qtnfmac driver from > > Linux kernel is a concern). > > Sad news but thanks for letting us know. So unless anyone else objects > the plan is to remove qtnfmac driver in the near future. In theory, there would be quite a few /potential/ users for qtnfmac and QT3840BC 'Topaz' (QSR1000) on a variety of early 802.11ac routers and APs (particularly on ipq8064 SOCs[0]), but as the required qtnfmac firmware for these chipsets has never been published, there is no wireless support for (the typically 5 GHz-) "Topaz" wlan chipset on those devices at all. The devices are out there (albeit not the most common- or long-lived combination), but they never had wireless support in the first place (first because qtnfmac didn't support QSR1000, after that was rectified[1], because the required firmware for qtnfmac/ QSR1000 has never been published). It's a bit sad that these never got supported. Regards Stefan Lippers-Hollmann =2D- [0] e.g. Linksys E8350, Linksys E8400, Netgear R7500, ZyXEL NBG6816 (Armor Z1), ZyXEL WAP6806 (Armor X1) (on mt7621) [Disclaimer: I don't own any of these myself, but I regularly see requests for Topaz wireless support on the r7500 and e8350] [1] Tue Oct 16 10:23:58 2018 +0000, qtnfmac: add support for Topaz chipsets e401fa25cfa23df8b17960a656ff11f49facae84