[PATCH v5 01/12] wifi: ath12k: add multiple radio support in a single MAC HW un/register

[Jeff Johnson]

On 3/20/2024 12:09 PM, Rameshkumar Sundaram wrote:
> From: Karthikeyan Periyasamy <quic_periyasa at quicinc.com>
> 
> Currently MAC HW un/register helper function support the single radio.
> To enable single/multi link operation in the future, the following helper
> functions need to be refactored to accommodate multiple radios under a
> single MAC HW un/register:
> 
> 	* ath12k_ah_to_ar()
> 	* ath12k_mac_hw_allocate()
> 	* ath12k_mac_hw_register()
> 	* ath12k_mac_hw_unregister()
> 
> This refactoring will make it easier to scale these functionalities and
> support Multi link operation.
> 
>                          Current Multi wiphy Model
> 
>  +---------------+          +---------------+            +---------------+
>  |  Mac80211 hw  |          | Mac80211 hw   |            | Mac80211 hw   |
>  |  private data |          | private data  |            | private data  |
>  |               |          |               |            |               |
>  |ath12k_hw (ah) |          |ath12k_hw (ah) |            |ath12k_hw (ah) |
>  |               |          |               |            |               |
>  | +-----------+ |          | +-----------+ |            | +-----------+ |
>  | | ar (2GHz) | |          | | ar (5GHz) | |            | | ar (6GHz) | |
>  | +-----------+ |          | +-----------+ |            | +-----------+ |
>  |               |          |               |            |               |
>  +---------------+          +---------------+            +---------------+
> 
>                            Single wiphy Model
> 
>                             +--------------+
>                             | Mac80211 hw  |
>                             | private data |
>                             |              |
>                             |ath12k hw (ah)|
>                             | +----------+ |
>                             | |ar (2GHz) | |
>                             | +----------+ |
>                             | |ar (5GHz) | |
>                             | +----------+ |
>                             | |ar (6GHz) | |
>                             | +----------+ |
>                             +--------------+
> 
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karthikeyan Periyasamy <quic_periyasa at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sriram R <quic_srirrama at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram <quic_ramess at quicinc.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>