[PATCH v2 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: msm8998: set qcom,no-msa-ready-indicator for wifi

[Marc Gonzalez]

On 04/04/2024 13:57, Kalle Valo wrote:

> Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> 
>> I'd say, we should take a step back and actually verify how this was
>> handled in the vendor kernel.
> 
> One comment related to this: usually vendor driver and firmware branches
> go "hand in hand", meaning that a version of driver supports only one
> specific firmware branch. And there can be a lot of branches. So even if
> one branch might have a check for something specific, there are no
> guarantees what the other N+1 branches do :/

The consequences and ramifications of the above comment are not clear to me.

Does this mean:
"It is pointless to analyze a given version (or even several versions)
of the vendor driver downstream, because there are exist a large number
of variations of the code." ?

And thus, "it is nonsensical to try to "align" the mainline driver to
"the" vendor driver, as there is no single "vendor driver"" ?

Thus, the following patch (or one functionally-equivalent) is not acceptable?

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
index 38e939f572a9e..fd9ac9717488a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,8 @@ static void ath10k_qmi_driver_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
                switch (event->type) {
                case ATH10K_QMI_EVENT_SERVER_ARRIVE:
                        ath10k_qmi_event_server_arrive(qmi);
+                       printk(KERN_NOTICE "NOT WAITING FOR MSA_READY INDICATOR");
+                       ath10k_qmi_event_msa_ready(qmi);
                        break;
                case ATH10K_QMI_EVENT_SERVER_EXIT:
                        ath10k_qmi_event_server_exit(qmi);
@@ -1048,7 +1050,7 @@ static void ath10k_qmi_driver_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
                        ath10k_qmi_event_fw_ready_ind(qmi);
                        break;
                case ATH10K_QMI_EVENT_MSA_READY_IND:
-                       ath10k_qmi_event_msa_ready(qmi);
+                       printk(KERN_NOTICE "IGNORING ACTUAL MSA_READY INDICATOR");
                        break;
                default:
                        ath10k_warn(ar, "invalid event type: %d", event->type);



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