Re: [PATCH ath-current 2/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath11k-pci: deprecate 'firmware-name' property

[Miaoqing Pan]

On 12/12/2025 12:44 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 12/3/2025 11:11 PM, Miaoqing Pan wrote:
> > The firmware-name property was introduced to allow end-users and
> > integrators to select usecase specific firmware for the WCN6855.
> > However, specifying firmware for an M.2 WLAN module in the Device
> > Tree is not appropriate. Instead, this functionality will be handled
> > within the ath11k driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml        | 1 +
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> > index e34d42a30192..0162e365798b 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
> > @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ properties:
> >   
> >     firmware-name:
> >       maxItems: 1
> > +    deprecated: true
> >       description:
> >         If present, a board or platform specific string used to lookup
> >         usecase-specific firmware files for the device.
>
> The driver patch completely removes support for this, so is this really
> considered deprecated? Or should this actually be considered obsolete and
> completely removed?
>
> Do any DTS files actually reference this?
>
> /jeff

You are correct — since the driver has already removed all support for
`firmware-name`, marking it as `deprecated` is misleading. The proper
status should be `obsolete`, and the binding should reflect that this
property is no longer supported. Regarding DTS usage: no upstream Device 
Tree files currently reference `firmware-name`.