Re: [PATCH v4 ath-current 0/2] wifi: ath11k: add usecase firmware handling based on device compatible

[Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>]

On 27/01/2026 18:31, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 1/21/2026 1:50 AM, Miaoqing Pan wrote:
>> The 'firmware-name' property was introduced to allow end-users and
>> integrators to select use-case-specific firmware for the WCN6855.
>> But for M.2 WLAN chips, there is no suitable DTS node to specify
>> the 'firmware-name' property. In addition, assigning firmware for
>> the M.2 PCIe interface causes chips that do not use use-case-specific
>> firmware to fail. Therefore, abandoning the approach of specifying
>> firmware in DTS. As an alternative, propose a static lookup table
>> mapping device compatible to firmware names.
>>
>> ---
>> v2:
>> - Drops `firmware-name` from completely.
>> - Updates the commit message to clearly state that the property is
>>   obsolete and the change is ABI-breaking but safe for upstream.
>> v3:
>>  - Deprecate 'firmware-name' property instead of obsolete.
>>  - Keep the ABI backwards compatible.
>> v4:
>>  - Use of_machine_is_compatible() to simplify the code.
>>  - Add back Acked-by tag. 
>> ---
>>
>> Miaoqing Pan (2):
>>   wifi: ath11k: add usecase firmware handling based on device compatible
>>   dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci: deprecate 'firmware-name'
>>     property
>>
>>  .../net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml         |  1 +
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c        | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h        |  4 +++
>>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
>>
>>
>> base-commit: d8e1f4a193101a72235416f189b01131a57e26e9
> 
> Krzysztof,
> Since you previously NAKed this series, can you confirm that your review
> comments have been addressed?


Binding looks fine, but I did not check the driver.

Best regards,
Krzysztof