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Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Add support for BCM43596 PCIe Wi-Fi

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On 21.11.2022 14:56, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 5:47 PM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I can think of a couple of hacky ways to force use of 43596 fw, but I
>> don't think any would be really upstreamable..
> 
> If it is only known to affect the Sony Xperias mentioned then
> a thing such as:
> 
> if (of_machine_is_compatible("sony,xyz") ||
>     of_machine_is_compatible("sony,zzz")... ) {
>    // Enforce FW version
> }
> 
> would be completely acceptable in my book. It hammers the
> problem from the top instead of trying to figure out itsy witsy
> details about firmware revisions.
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij
Actually, I think I came up with a better approach by pulling a page
out of Asahi folks' book - please take a look and tell me what you
think about this:

[1] https://github.com/SoMainline/linux/commit/4b6fccc995cd79109b0dae4e4ab2e48db97695e7
[2] https://github.com/SoMainline/linux/commit/e3ea1dc739634f734104f37fdbed046873921af7


Konrad



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