[PULL linux-firmware] ath10k & ath11k firmware 20230215

[Kalle Valo]

Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at linaro.org> writes:

>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/Notice.txt          | 4094 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/board-2.bin         |  Bin 0 -> 524564 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.b00           |  Bin 0 -> 148 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.b01           |  Bin 0 -> 136 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.b02           |  Bin 0 -> 262144 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.flist         |    3 +
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt           |  Bin 0 -> 284 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b00           |  Bin 0 -> 532 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b01           |  Bin 0 -> 520 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b02           |  Bin 0 -> 7552 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b03           |  Bin 0 -> 545008 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b04           |  Bin 0 -> 86788 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b05           |  Bin 0 -> 17776 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b07           |  Bin 0 -> 1488 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b08           |  Bin 0 -> 4096 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b09           |  Bin 0 -> 2330624 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b10           |  Bin 0 -> 269028 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b11           |  Bin 0 -> 99436 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b13           |  Bin 0 -> 7024 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.b14           |  Bin 0 -> 1668 bytes
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.flist         |   13 +
>>   ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt           |  Bin 0 -> 1052 bytes
>
> For the past several years, the Qualcomm community has been shifting
> from the pack of .mdt+.bNN files to a single .mbn file as a main
> firmware file format. It reduces the back-and-forth between the kernel
> and userspace and also simplifies handling of these files.
>
> In-kernel mdt loader provides backwards compatibility, detecting the
> file type and using .mbn instead of .mdt one, retaining the name (or
> using symlink).
>
> Do you have any plans to also shift from .mdt to .mbn?

I have not heard any such plans but I'll ask around. Would you mind
filing this to bugzilla as a feature request?

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath11k/bugreport

That way it's easier for me to track it.

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