[PATCH v3 ath-current 1/2] wifi: ath11k: add usecase firmware handling based on device compatible

[Miaoqing Pan]

On 1/19/2026 11:56 PM, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM Miaoqing Pan
> <miaoqing.pan at oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>
>> For M.2 WLAN chips, there is no suitable DTS node to specify the
>> firmware-name property. In addition, assigning firmware for the
>> M.2 PCIe interface causes chips that do not use usecase specific
>> firmware to fail. Therefore, abandoning the approach of specifying
>> firmware in DTS. As an alternative, propose a static lookup table
>> mapping device compatible to firmware names. Currently, only WCN6855
>> HW2.1 requires this.
>>
>> However, support for the firmware-name property is retained to keep
>> the ABI backwards compatible.
>>
>> For details on usecase specific firmware, see:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250522013444.1301330-3-miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com/.
>>
>> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-04685-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_IOE-1
>>
>> Fixes: edbbc647c4f3 ("wifi: ath11k: support usercase-specific firmware overrides")
>> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan at oss.qualcomm.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h |  4 +++
>>   2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
>> index de84906d1b27..1cf7f4e601c3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
>> @@ -1044,6 +1044,42 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id ath11k_pm_quirk_table[] = {
>>          {}
>>   };
>>
>> +static const struct __ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table {
>> +       u32 hw_rev;
>> +       const char *compatible;
>> +       const char *firmware_name;
>> +} ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table[] = {
>> +       { ATH11K_HW_WCN6855_HW21, "qcom,lemans-evk", "nfa765"},
>> +       { ATH11K_HW_WCN6855_HW21, "qcom,monaco-evk", "nfa765"},
>> +       { ATH11K_HW_WCN6855_HW21, "qcom,hamoa-iot-evk", "nfa765"},
>> +       { /* Sentinel */ }
>> +};
>> +
>> +const char *ath11k_core_get_usecase_firmware(struct ath11k_base *ab)
>> +{
>> +       struct device_node *root __free(device_node) = of_find_node_by_path("/");
>> +       const struct __ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table *entry = NULL;
>> +       int i, count = of_property_count_strings(root, "compatible");
>> +       const char *compatible = NULL;
>> +
>> +       for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
>> +               if (of_property_read_string_index(root, "compatible", i,
>> +                                                 &compatible) < 0)
>> +                       continue;
>> +
>> +               entry = ath11k_core_usecase_firmware_table;
>> +               while (entry->compatible) {
>> +                       if (ab->hw_rev == entry->hw_rev &&
>> +                           !strcmp(entry->compatible, compatible))
> 
> You should be able to replace most of this code by using
> of_machine_is_compatible(entry->compatible) instead.
> 

Thanks, will update.

>> +                               return entry->firmware_name;
>> +                       entry++;
>> +               }
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       return NULL;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath11k_core_get_usecase_firmware);
>> +
>>   void ath11k_fw_stats_pdevs_free(struct list_head *head)
>>   {
> 
> Best regards,
> Jonas