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Message-ID: <87sfi13tya.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:14:05 +0200
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc: Youghandhar Chintala <quic_youghand@...cinc.com>,
ath10k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, quic_mpubbise@...cinc.com,
rameshn@....qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] wifi: ath10k: Store WLAN firmware version in SMEM image table
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:35:34PM +0530, Youghandhar Chintala wrote:
>
>> In a SoC based solution, it would be useful to know the versions of the
>> various binary firmware blobs the system is running on. On a QCOM based
>> SoC, this info can be obtained from socinfo debugfs infrastructure. For
>> this to work, respective subsystem drivers have to export the firmware
>> version information to an SMEM based version information table.
>>
>> Having firmware version information at one place will help quickly
>> figure out the firmware versions of various subsystems on the device
>> instead of going through builds/logs in an event of a system crash.
>>
>> Fill WLAN firmware version information in SMEM version table to be
>> printed as part of socinfo debugfs infrastructure on a Qualcomm based
>> SoC.
>>
>> This change is applicable only for SNOC/QMI based targets.
>>
>> Example:
>> cat /sys/kernel/debug/qcom_socinfo/cnss/name
>> QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=WLAN.HL.3.2.2.c10-00754-QCAHLSWMTPL-1
>>
>> Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.2.2.c10-00754-QCAHLSWMTPL-1
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Youghandhar Chintala <quic_youghand@...cinc.com>
>> ---
>> Changes from v3:
>> - Changed patch title
>> - Changed naming conventions
>> - Removed MAX_BUILD_ID_LEN usuage
>> - Added condition to call API
>> - Changed depends on QCOM_SMEM to select QCOM_SMEM
>
> You cannot blindly select user configurable symbols that have
> dependencies, otherwise you end up with Kconfig warnings. I see the
> following warning in -next when CONFIG_HWSPINLOCK is disabled:
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for QCOM_SMEM
> Depends on [n]: (ARCH_QCOM [=y] || COMPILE_TEST [=n]) && HWSPINLOCK [=n]
> Selected by [m]:
> - ATH10K_SNOC [=m] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && WLAN_VENDOR_ATH [=y] && ATH10K [=m] && (ARCH_QCOM [=y] || COMPILE_TEST [=n])
>
> That should likely be changed back to 'depends on'. The reason the other
> QCOM symbols are selected is because they are not user-selectable, so
> they have to be selected by the configurations that need them.
Thanks, I didn't realise this. I'll send a patch changing it to 'depends
on'.
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