[PATCH v3 4/4] wifi: ath12k: enforce CPU-endian format for all QMI

[Jeff Johnson]

On 9/19/2025 12:07 AM, Alexander Wilhelm wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 09:31:18AM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>> On 9/18/2025 1:53 AM, Alexander Wilhelm wrote:
>>> Due to internal endianness handling within the QMI subsystem, all QMI
>>> requests and responses must now be provided in CPU byte order. Replace all
>>> QMI-related data types with CPU-endian types and add the necessary
>>> conversions to ensure correct interpretation across architectures.
>>
>> I think you can break this out into a separate patch, but reword in a manner
>> that doesn't indicate any dependency upon your series (it can be a predecessor)
> 
> Sure, I will do that. I have only two questions:
> * If I split this patch series, should I start on each one with v1 again, right?

for the qmi series use v2 and in the rev history note you dropped the ath12k
patch. for the ath12k singleton use v1

> * When I mention that BE support will only work on future kernel version, should
>   I better avoid the "Fixed:" tag or not?

i'd avoid the Fixes tag.
If you eventually need this series backported, you can do it yourself rather
than have the stable team unnecessarily backport it.

/jeff