Re: [PATCH 1/1] wifi: brcmfmac: silence warning for non-existent, optional firmware

Arend van Spriel <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:18:15 +0100
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 17/03/2026 12:12, Alexander Stein wrote:
> The driver tries to load optional firmware files, specific to
> the actual board compatible. These might not exist resulting in a warning
> like this:
> brcmfmac mmc2:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4373-sdio.tq,imx93-tqma9352-mba93xxla-mini.bin failed with error -2
> 
> Silence this by using firmware_request_nowait_nowarn() for all firmware
> loads which use brcmf_fw_request_done_alt_path() as callback. This one
> handles optional firmware files.

Thanks, Alexander

I revised the patch hopefully addressing the other firmware related 
warning that Christian Hewitt referred to. I have sent the revised patch 
to the mailing list:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/[email protected]/T/#u

Regards,
Arend

> Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <[email protected]>
> ---
>   .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c         | 14 ++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)