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

On 1/13/2026 3:28 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

I think it’s necessary to clarify the background here. As you can see 
from the git log, all changes related to ath11k firmware-name were 
submitted by me, and the intention was to allow the lemans-evk, 
monaco-evk, and hamoa-iot-evk boards to specify dedicated firmware for 
the WCN6855 Wi-Fi chip. However, the Wi-Fi‑related DTS nodes for these 
boards have never been submitted upstream, because adding a 
firmware-name property for an M.2 device is not appropriate and would be 
difficult for the community to accept. Therefore, the original approach 
was abandoned.

The alternative solution is to propose a static lookup table that maps 
device compatibles to firmware names. As a result, we have not submitted 
any DTS patches adding firmware-name for those boards to date. This is 
why I believe that removing firmware-name from the bindings is safe.

If this explanation is still not sufficient, please let me know what 
additional steps are required for accepting these two patches. Thank you.

>>
>> 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