From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5BDD213957E; Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:58:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1729612738; cv=none; b=MuFJG1oF4dcLgWFc8FeBWUN9OSupnq1giMnijkahc7g+KMm89J6S6tSUpLlPFhQvJxql+BWo0+u/x1AwDsO2DOxAWZ2/elnVqibva+vZMPRKroAG9rMgNoHp3wzMGXgvXm37lbcJlkOisPweHu3a5OAthnhP5PsH5RwHoBPDejM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1729612738; c=relaxed/simple; bh=u7X7plqkp/9v6wNfXVOJrFtOm4tT8rm/aCvTWXXbSto=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=iBJ36ur4TxnIz6F/H1m7IJ5kbFCQjNctrTo0ukewWQuwFj3i0R0mKsvtd3nr92nUyaYkXeuwhKpT4bbuvTYxwRsH8E8imMBAzw+UCpkvPdwQI6a7TvvBDH7bd57RTryC9vAIk2QR2W8HYMGnSnTZF7UsY9vLro2a7OeYwyq4Bts= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=AspX8KV3; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="AspX8KV3" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 554D6C4CEC3; Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:58:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1729612737; bh=u7X7plqkp/9v6wNfXVOJrFtOm4tT8rm/aCvTWXXbSto=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=AspX8KV3W7y+CPHHYvlAnMWXh8T/2zUCEqAZRcHn5f4474HiLQKiz22JIry6GiOOm zsQfWc7hhNh7Ot4a0BSr8xglApKye7szdZmjpf7azWfXuXrh9P3+WQT/RayTL/J2gL pnkoLzdonbb4r3KnrzhmCRPJoZKZOmQ4D1YHZgLvVsZq9fd9v4C9GCyKjOSdY0IXnK gsSiT4I7cK+rFF50p7GdijoXLLrxP2GDuBcDZT/7A5GLpPnUMN0LrnZeccwcGT/TER 0+SpKJUCx8gWr56ELXTO8ilXenaWWZ/G40ELUuW3Z352zsd5fxY1c3rA/43lxCnJzh 5UvbFgJ5JlExw== From: Kalle Valo To: Miaoqing Pan Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov , , , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] wifi: ath11k: add firmware-name device tree property References: <20241001033053.2084360-1-quic_miaoqing@quicinc.com> <20241001033053.2084360-3-quic_miaoqing@quicinc.com> <1c5f5c93-db06-4490-af2e-bbce2d184c94@quicinc.com> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:58:54 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1c5f5c93-db06-4490-af2e-bbce2d184c94@quicinc.com> (Miaoqing Pan's message of "Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:20:50 +0800") Message-ID: <87cyjsnn7l.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Miaoqing Pan writes: > On 10/22/2024 5:57 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 11:30:52AM +0800, Miaoqing Pan wrote: >>> QCA6698AQ uses different firmware/bdf/regdb with existing WCN6855 >>> firmware, which is customized for IoE platforms. And the 'pci-device-id + >>> soc-hw-version + soc-hw-sub-version' may not be enough to identify the >>> correct firmware directory path. >> Why is it so? What makes it so different from the existing platforms >> that you can not use WCN6855 firmware? > > Just as I said, a new customized firmware for IoE devices. I know in Qualcomm it's common practise to fork the firmware multiple times per project and what not, but in the community the preference is to have one mainline branch. Having different firmware forks/branches is a lot more difficult to maintain. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches