Re: [PATCH v2 ath-current 2/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci: remove obsolete firmware-name property

Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.infradead.lists.ath11k,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 14/12/2025 03:52, 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.
> 
> The driver has removed all support for firmware-name, and no upstream
> Device Tree files reference this property. Therefore, this patch
> removes the property from the binding and marks it as obsolete.

No, it does not mark it obsolete. Point me to the place.

> 
> This is a DT ABI-breaking change, but safe since there are no in-tree
> users.

It's not safe. What about my board using this WiFi? Or Mr. foo's board?

Still NAK, you did not improve it.


> 
> Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <[email protected]>

And that's a fake tag.

Rob never acked such patch! Adding tags for something completely
different is not acceptable.


Nacked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>

> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <[email protected]>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml   | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> index e34d42a30192..653b319fee88 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> @@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ properties:
>        string to uniquely identify variant of the calibration data for designs
>        with colliding bus and device ids
>  
> -  firmware-name:
> -    maxItems: 1
> -    description:
> -      If present, a board or platform specific string used to lookup
> -      usecase-specific firmware files for the device.
> -
>    vddrfacmn-supply:
>      description: VDD_RFA_CMN supply regulator handle
>  


Best regards,
Krzysztof
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