[RFC] Qualcomm RB3 Gen2 WiFi firmware pull

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 8:37 AM Bjorn Andersson
<quic_bjorande at quicinc.com> wrote:
>
> > > > @Bjorn, @Konrad in the past we have pushed all WPSS / WiFi firmware to ath10k
> > > > and ath11k even if gets executed on the host.  I should have caught this while
> > > > reviewing DT changes.  This branch uses firmware name that isn't compatible
> > > > with the existing DT files.  Would you insist on adding compatibility symlink
> > > > or we'd better fix the DT files?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I think we have a limited user base of sc7280-chrome-common, so we
> > > should be able to fix up the DeviceTree, and avoid the symlink.
> >
> > I think we should keep the ath11k/WCN6750/hw1.0/wpss.mdt symlink,
> > that's fine. I was talking about adding the qcom/qcm6490/wpss.mbn ->
> > ath11k/WCN6750/hw1.0/wpss.mbn and the same for qcs6490 (just for the
> > sake of existing DT files) or it's fine to fix the DT files instead
> > and omit the symlink.
> >
>
> Perhaps I'm mistaken, but does WiFi work on those boards today? I'm
> inclined to just have us fix up the DT and avoid sprinkling the symlinks
> all over the place.
>
>
> I guess this shows that I need to start holding back on future
> firmware-name entries until the linux-firmware structure is known.
>
> > >
> > > But I'd prefer Doug's ack on that.

As far as I know you can count the number of users of sc7280 Chrome
taking your shoes off. It might just be Abhniav and Jessica at
Qualcomm. I think they do care about WiFi but they could probably
handle a device tree fixup as long as you let them know. Certainly
there aren't any devices in the field.

-Doug