[PATCH 1/1] wifi: brcmfmac: silence warning for non-existent, optional firmware

From: Alexander Stein

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 07:12:12 EST


The driver tries to load optional firmware files, specific to
the actual board compatible. These might not exist resulting in a warning
like this:
brcmfmac mmc2:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4373-sdio.tq,imx93-tqma9352-mba93xxla-mini.bin failed with error -2

Silence this by using firmware_request_nowait_nowarn() for all firmware
loads which use brcmf_fw_request_done_alt_path() as callback. This one
handles optional firmware files.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c
index 4bacd83db052e..e84cec58470c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/firmware.c
@@ -714,9 +714,10 @@ static void brcmf_fw_request_done_alt_path(const struct firmware *fw, void *ctx)
if (!alt_path)
goto fallback;

- ret = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, alt_path,
- fwctx->dev, GFP_KERNEL, fwctx,
- brcmf_fw_request_done_alt_path);
+ ret = firmware_request_nowait_nowarn(THIS_MODULE,
+ alt_path, fwctx->dev,
+ GFP_KERNEL, fwctx,
+ brcmf_fw_request_done_alt_path);
kfree(alt_path);

if (ret < 0)
@@ -779,9 +780,10 @@ int brcmf_fw_get_firmwares(struct device *dev, struct brcmf_fw_request *req,
fwctx->req->board_types[0]);
if (alt_path) {
fwctx->board_index++;
- ret = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, alt_path,
- fwctx->dev, GFP_KERNEL, fwctx,
- brcmf_fw_request_done_alt_path);
+ ret = firmware_request_nowait_nowarn(THIS_MODULE,
+ alt_path, fwctx->dev,
+ GFP_KERNEL, fwctx,
+ brcmf_fw_request_done_alt_path);
kfree(alt_path);
} else {
ret = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, first->path,
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