linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ath-current 2/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci: deprecate 'firmware-name' property

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Message-ID: <f60bc80d-a947-4083-9e14-000a937de412@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:44:01 -0800
From: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@....qualcomm.com>
To: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@....qualcomm.com>, jjohnson@...nel.org,
        johannes@...solutions.net, robh@...nel.org, krzk+dt@...nel.org,
        conor+dt@...nel.org
Cc: ath11k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ath-current 2/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci:
 deprecate 'firmware-name' property

On 12/3/2025 11:11 PM, Miaoqing Pan wrote:
> The firmware-name property was introduced to allow end-users and
> integrators to select usecase specific firmware for the WCN6855.
> However, specifying firmware for an M.2 WLAN module in the Device
> Tree is not appropriate. Instead, this functionality will be handled
> within the ath11k driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@....qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml        | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> index e34d42a30192..0162e365798b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ properties:
>  
>    firmware-name:
>      maxItems: 1
> +    deprecated: true
>      description:
>        If present, a board or platform specific string used to lookup
>        usecase-specific firmware files for the device.

The driver patch completely removes support for this, so is this really
considered deprecated? Or should this actually be considered obsolete and
completely removed?

Do any DTS files actually reference this?

/jeff