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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 13:10:53 +0100 From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org> To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Alvin Šipraga <ALSI@...g-olufsen.dk>, Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>, "~postmarketos/upstreaming@...ts.sr.ht" <~postmarketos/upstreaming@...ts.sr.ht>, "martin.botka@...ainline.org" <martin.botka@...ainline.org>, "angelogioacchino.delregno@...ainline.org" <angelogioacchino.delregno@...ainline.org>, "marijn.suijten@...ainline.org" <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>, "jamipkettunen@...ainline.org" <jamipkettunen@...ainline.org>, Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>, Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>, Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>, "Zhao, Jiaqing" <jiaqing.zhao@...el.com>, "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>, Soon Tak Lee <soontak.lee@...ress.com>, "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, "brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com" <brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com>, "SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com" <SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Add support for BCM43596 PCIe Wi-Fi On 25.11.2022 12:53, Kalle Valo wrote: > Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org> writes: > >> On 21.11.2022 14:56, Linus Walleij wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 5:47 PM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I can think of a couple of hacky ways to force use of 43596 fw, but I >>>> don't think any would be really upstreamable.. >>> >>> If it is only known to affect the Sony Xperias mentioned then >>> a thing such as: >>> >>> if (of_machine_is_compatible("sony,xyz") || >>> of_machine_is_compatible("sony,zzz")... ) { >>> // Enforce FW version >>> } >>> >>> would be completely acceptable in my book. It hammers the >>> problem from the top instead of trying to figure out itsy witsy >>> details about firmware revisions. >>> >>> Yours, >>> Linus Walleij >> >> Actually, I think I came up with a better approach by pulling a page >> out of Asahi folks' book - please take a look and tell me what you >> think about this: >> >> [1] >> https://github.com/SoMainline/linux/commit/4b6fccc995cd79109b0dae4e4ab2e48db97695e7 >> [2] >> https://github.com/SoMainline/linux/commit/e3ea1dc739634f734104f37fdbed046873921af7 > > Instead of a directory path ("brcm/brcmfmac43596-pcie") why not provide > just the chipset name ("brcmfmac43596-pcie")? IMHO it's unnecessary to > have directory names in Device Tree. I think it's common practice to include a full $FIRMWARE_DIR-relative path when specifying firmware in DT, though here I left out the board name bit as that's assigned dynamically anyway. That said, if you don't like it, I can change it. Konrad >
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