[PATCH] ath11k: pci: avoid unsafe register access during shutdown

[Ameer Antar]

----- Original Message -----
From: Balsam Chihi <balsam.chihi at moment.tech>
To: Ameer Antar <ameerantar at comcast.net>
Cc: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com>
, linux-wireless at vger.kernel.org, ath11k at lists.infradead.org,
jjohnson at kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath11k: pci: avoid unsafe register access during shutdown
Date: 8/20/25 4:14:11 AM

>On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM Ameer Antar <ameerantar at comcast.net>
>wrote:
>>
>> Balsam, do you have a patch for this? I also have cards that require
different
>> bin files for each band. I haven't been able to figure out how to do this via
>> configuration rather than rebuilding drivers.
>>
>
>Hello Ameer,
>
>Yes, indeed we have to rebuild ath11k but once with the patched
>core.c, not each time we add a card.
>Then you can add text files named with the pci device address and the
>path to your board-2.bin inside,
>for each instance of the driver.
>That way we avoid building the driver or the kernel each time we add a
>wifi card.
>I'm cleaning up the patch and I will send it to the mailing list if
>you are interested.
>
>Best regards,
>Balsam
>

Hi Balsam, yes that would be great to have as all of my cards use 0xFF for the
board id and I have been unable to use any multi-band setup using the same
driver. I'm sure there are others on the list with similar setups that would
appreciate that as well.

-Ameer