Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: ahb: Revert undocumented ABI and dead code

Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless,org.infradead.lists.ath12k,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 25/08/2026 10:13, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Commit 96f46607bbce ("wifi: ath12k: add AHB platform descriptor
> support") added undocumented OF ABI, by relying on a very specific node
> name.  This is not allowed and was never acked by Devicetree
> maintainers.
> 
> Additionally that part of code is not even used, because all devices
> have exactly the same user pd, so this was added "for future".  Adding
> dead code just "for future" is heavily discouareged in kernel coding.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/ahb.c | 51 +--------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 50 deletions(-)
> 

Unfortunately the offending commit was merged for v7.3-rc1, thus please
take this to current RC as well.

Best regards,
Krzysztof
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