[PATCH ath-next 2/2] wifi: ath11k: support usercase-specific firmware overrides

[Baochen Qiang]

On 5/22/2025 9:34 AM, Miaoqing Pan wrote:
> Introduce 'firmware-name' property to allow end-users and/or integrators to
> decide which usecase-specific firmware to run on the WCN6855. This is
> necessary due to resource limitations such as memory capacity and CPU
> capability, or performance and power optimization for different application
> scenarios.
> 
> Currently, there are two firmwares, both files can be executed
> interchangeably.
> For example:
> 
> - ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/amss.bin,
>   ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/m3.bin
>   ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/board-2.bin
> 
> - ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/nfa765/amss.bin,
>   ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/nfa765/m3.bin
>   ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/board-2.bin
> 
> The former is the default firmware, suitable for most WiFi 6 STA functions.
> The latter adds support for commercial-quality SAP and optimizes power
> consumption for IoT applications. And both use the same BDF/regdb data
> within the main board-2.bin.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-04479-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_IOE-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h
> index 339d4fca1ed5..67b3b6d898fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/average.h>
>  #include <linux/firmware.h>
>  #include <linux/suspend.h>
> +#include <linux/of.h>
>  
>  #include "qmi.h"
>  #include "htc.h"
> @@ -1320,8 +1321,16 @@ static inline void ath11k_core_create_firmware_path(struct ath11k_base *ab,
>  						    const char *filename,
>  						    void *buf, size_t buf_len)
>  {
> -	snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s/%s/%s", ATH11K_FW_DIR,
> -		 ab->hw_params.fw.dir, filename);
> +	const char *fw_name = NULL;
> +
> +	of_property_read_string(ab->dev->of_node, "firmware-name", &fw_name);
> +
> +	if (fw_name && strncmp(filename, "board", 5))
> +		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s/%s/%s/%s", ATH11K_FW_DIR,
> +			 ab->hw_params.fw.dir, fw_name, filename);
> +	else
> +		snprintf(buf, buf_len, "%s/%s/%s", ATH11K_FW_DIR,
> +			 ab->hw_params.fw.dir, filename);
>  }
>  
>  static inline const char *ath11k_bus_str(enum ath11k_bus bus)

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com>