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Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: use separate firmware for 43430 revision 2

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On 2021-05-14 at 12:41 MSK, Mikhail Rudenko <mike.rudenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2021-05-10 at 11:06 MSK, Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 5/10/2021 1:30 AM, Mikhail Rudenko wrote:
>>> A separate firmware is needed for Broadcom 43430 revision 2.  This
>>> chip can be found in e.g. certain revisions of Ampak AP6212 wireless
>>> IC. Original firmware file from IC vendor is named
>>> 'fw_bcm43436b0.bin', but brcmfmac and also btbcm drivers report chip
>>
>> That is bad naming. There already is a 43436 USB device.
>>
>>> id 43430, so requested firmware file name is
>>> 'brcmfmac43430b0-sdio.bin' in line with other 43430 revisions.
>>
>> As always there is the question about who will be publishing this
>> particular firmware file to linux-firmware.
>
> The above mentioned file can be easily found by web search. Also, the
> corresponding patch for the bluetooth part has just been accepted
> [1]. Is it strictly necessary to have firmware file in linux-firmware in
> order to have this patch accepted?

Ping. Is this definitely no-go?

--
Regards,
Mikhail



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