Re: [PATCH v5 2/7] dt-bindings: wireless: ieee80211: Add disable-rfkill property

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 12/10/2026 18:38, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 12/20/25 10:12 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 20, 2025 at 06:04:00AM +0000, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
>>> On 20/12/2025 00:21, Jérôme de Bretagne via B4 Relay wrote:
>>>> From: Jérôme de Bretagne <jerome.debretagne@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> For some devices, Wi-Fi is entirely hard blocked by default making
>>>> the Wi-Fi radio unusable, except if rfkill is disabled as expected
>>>> on those models.
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> Is this really a hardware description though ?
>>>
>>> Its really more of a logical/functional description. It tells the runtime
>>> what todo, not what the hardware is.
>>>
>>> You could also have a list of quirks in ath12k for this or have a user-space
>>> utility look for the appropriate platform device string name and disable
>>> rfkill.
>>>
>>> I think this logic belongs in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/ triggering on
>>> a compat string.
>>
>> This is good point. Either this could be deducible from the compatible
>> or this should actually describe the hardware and whatever is there
>> wired/configured, not what OS should do.
> 
> Sorry for digging up an old thread. The board-compatible change is now

I don't get why exactly the board-compatible option was chosen, except
of course finding workaround which did not need digging out the root of
the problem. I suggested the compatible of this device or proper
hardware description.

> I think merged into ath12k, but I'm not sure I like that, as now every
> OS consuming this DT has to carry a table of board compatibles (hence
> needing updates _every single time_ we want to support a new device),
> instead of being able to convey the quirk through the property

Best regards,
Krzysztof