Re: [PATCH v3 ath-current 1/2] wifi: ath11k: add usecase firmware handling based on device compatible

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM Miaoqing Pan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> For M.2 WLAN chips, there is no suitable DTS node to specify the
> firmware-name property. In addition, assigning firmware for the
> M.2 PCIe interface causes chips that do not use usecase specific
> firmware to fail. Therefore, abandoning the approach of specifying
> firmware in DTS. As an alternative, propose a static lookup table
> mapping device compatible to firmware names. Currently, only WCN6855
> HW2.1 requires this.
>
> However, support for the firmware-name property is retained to keep
> the ABI backwards compatible.
>
> For details on usecase specific firmware, see:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/.
>
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-04685-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_IOE-1
>
> Fixes: edbbc647c4f3 ("wifi: ath11k: support usercase-specific firmware overrides")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h |  4 +++
>  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
> index de84906d1b27..1cf7f4e601c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
> @@ -1044,6 +1044,42 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id ath11k_pm_quirk_table[] = {
>         {}
>  };
>
> +static const struct __ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table {
> +       u32 hw_rev;
> +       const char *compatible;
> +       const char *firmware_name;
> +} ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table[] = {
> +       { ATH11K_HW_WCN6855_HW21, "qcom,lemans-evk", "nfa765"},
> +       { ATH11K_HW_WCN6855_HW21, "qcom,monaco-evk", "nfa765"},
> +       { ATH11K_HW_WCN6855_HW21, "qcom,hamoa-iot-evk", "nfa765"},
> +       { /* Sentinel */ }
> +};
> +
> +const char *ath11k_core_get_usecase_firmware(struct ath11k_base *ab)
> +{
> +       struct device_node *root __free(device_node) = of_find_node_by_path("/");
> +       const struct __ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table *entry = NULL;
> +       int i, count = of_property_count_strings(root, "compatible");
> +       const char *compatible = NULL;
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> +               if (of_property_read_string_index(root, "compatible", i,
> +                                                 &compatible) < 0)
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               entry = ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table;
> +               while (entry->compatible) {
> +                       if (ab->hw_rev == entry->hw_rev &&
> +                           !strcmp(entry->compatible, compatible))

You should be able to replace most of this code by using
of_machine_is_compatible(entry->compatible) instead.

> +                               return entry->firmware_name;
> +                       entry++;
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       return NULL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath11k_core_get_usecase_firmware);
> +
>  void ath11k_fw_stats_pdevs_free(struct list_head *head)
>  {

Best regards,
Jonas