[PATCH ath-current 2/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci: deprecate 'firmware-name' property

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 11/12/2025 17:44, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 12/3/2025 11:11 PM, 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.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan at oss.qualcomm.com>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml        | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
>> index e34d42a30192..0162e365798b 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ properties:
>>  
>>    firmware-name:
>>      maxItems: 1
>> +    deprecated: true
>>      description:
>>        If present, a board or platform specific string used to lookup
>>        usecase-specific firmware files for the device.
> 
> The driver patch completely removes support for this, so is this really
> considered deprecated? Or should this actually be considered obsolete and

That's silent ABI break. I will formally NAK the patch.


> completely removed?
> 
> Do any DTS files actually reference this?
> 
> /jeff


Best regards,
Krzysztof