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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:38:48 +0100 From: Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com> To: Thibaut <hacks@...shdirt.org> Cc: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...il.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, kvalo@...eaurora.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: support bus and device specific API 1 BDF selection Silent ping, Does anybody have an opinion on this? Regards, Robert On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 19:49, Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com> wrote: > > Kalle, > > What is your opinion on this? > I would really love to see this get merged as we are having more and > more devices that are impacted without it. > > Regards, > Robert > > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 13:25, Thibaut <hacks@...shdirt.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Le 17 déc. 2021 à 13:06, Robert Marko <robimarko@...il.com> a écrit : > > > > > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 15:07, Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...il.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> Isn't the only user of this the non-upstreamable rb_hardconfig > > >> mikrotik platform driver? > > > > The driver could be upstreamed if desirable. > > Yet I think it’s quite orthogonal to having the possibility to dynamically load a different BDF via API 1 for each available radio, which before this patch couldn’t be done and is necessary for this particular hardware. > > > > >> So, in your case the devices in question > > >> needs to setup a detour through the userspace firmware (helper+scripts) > > >> to pull on the sysfs of that mikrotik platform driver? Wouldn't it > > >> be possible to do this more directly? > > > > > > Yes, its the sole current user as its the only vendor shipping the BDF > > > as part of the > > > factory data and not like a userspace blob. > > > > > > I don't see how can it be more direct, its the same setup as when > > > getting pre-cal > > > data for most devices currently. > > > > Indeed, not sure how it could be more direct than it already is. I’m open to suggestions though. > > > > > I am adding Thibaut who is the author of the platform driver. > > > > Best, > > Thibaut
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