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From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To:     Wen Gong <quic_wgong@quicinc.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] ath11k: add fallback board name without variant while searching board-2.bin
References: <20211220064829.17557-1-quic_wgong@quicinc.com>
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Date:   Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:00:11 +0200
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        message of "Mon, 20 Dec 2021 01:48:28 -0500")
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Wen Gong <quic_wgong@quicinc.com> writes:

> Sometimes it has a variant value which read from DT or SMBIOS by
> ath11k, and meanwhile it does not have the matched board name in
> board-2.bin, then it will failed at boot up phase.
>
> Add fallback board name which removed variant value and search again
> in board-2.bin when failed with variant and try to load the board
> data again to increase boot up success rate.
>
> dmesg log after this patch:
> [169547.248472] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: boot using board name 'bus=pci,vendor=17cb,device=1103,subsystem-vendor=17cb,subsystem-device=3374,qmi-chip-id=2,qmi-board-id=262,variant=test'
> [169547.248565] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: boot firmware request ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/board-2.bin size 180324
> [169547.248568] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: board name
> [169547.248570] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000000: 62 75 73 3d 70 63 69 2c 76 65 6e 64 6f 72 3d 31  bus=pci,vendor=1
> [169547.248571] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000010: 37 63 62 2c 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 31 31 30 33 2c  7cb,device=1103,
> [169547.248572] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000020: 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d 76 65 6e 64 6f 72  subsystem-vendor
> [169547.248574] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000030: 3d 31 37 63 62 2c 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d  =17cb,subsystem-
> [169547.248575] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000040: 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 33 33 37 34 2c 71 6d 69 2d  device=3374,qmi-
> [169547.248576] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000050: 63 68 69 70 2d 69 64 3d 32 2c 71 6d 69 2d 62 6f  chip-id=2,qmi-bo
> [169547.248577] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000060: 61 72 64 2d 69 64 3d 32 36 32                    ard-id=262
> [169547.248578] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: board name
> [169547.248579] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000000: 62 75 73 3d 70 63 69 2c 76 65 6e 64 6f 72 3d 31  bus=pci,vendor=1
> [169547.248581] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000010: 37 63 62 2c 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 31 31 30 33 2c  7cb,device=1103,
> [169547.248582] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000020: 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d 76 65 6e 64 6f 72  subsystem-vendor
> [169547.248583] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000030: 3d 31 37 63 62 2c 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d  =17cb,subsystem-
> [169547.248584] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000040: 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 33 33 37 34 2c 71 6d 69 2d  device=3374,qmi-
> [169547.248585] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000050: 63 68 69 70 2d 69 64 3d 32 2c 71 6d 69 2d 62 6f  chip-id=2,qmi-bo
> [169547.248587] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000060: 61 72 64 2d 69 64 3d 32 36 36                    ard-id=266
> [169547.248588] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: board name
> [169547.248589] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000000: 62 75 73 3d 70 63 69 2c 76 65 6e 64 6f 72 3d 31  bus=pci,vendor=1
> [169547.248590] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000010: 37 63 62 2c 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 31 31 30 33 2c  7cb,device=1103,
> [169547.248591] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000020: 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d 76 65 6e 64 6f 72  subsystem-vendor
> [169547.248592] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000030: 3d 31 37 63 62 2c 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d  =17cb,subsystem-
> [169547.248594] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000040: 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 33 33 37 34 2c 71 6d 69 2d  device=3374,qmi-
> [169547.248595] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000050: 63 68 69 70 2d 69 64 3d 31 38 2c 71 6d 69 2d 62  chip-id=18,qmi-b
> [169547.248596] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000060: 6f 61 72 64 2d 69 64 3d 32 36 36                 oard-id=266
> [169547.248597] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=17cb,device=1103,subsystem-vendor=17cb,subsystem-device=3374,qmi-chip-id=2,qmi-board-id=262,variant=test from ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/board-2.bin
> [169547.248476] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: boot using board name 'bus=pci,vendor=17cb,device=1103,subsystem-vendor=17cb,subsystem-device=3374,qmi-chip-id=2,qmi-board-id=262'
> [169547.248634] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: boot firmware request ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/board-2.bin size 180324
> [169547.248636] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: board name
> [169547.248637] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000000: 62 75 73 3d 70 63 69 2c 76 65 6e 64 6f 72 3d 31  bus=pci,vendor=1
> [169547.248638] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000010: 37 63 62 2c 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 31 31 30 33 2c  7cb,device=1103,
> [169547.248639] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000020: 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d 76 65 6e 64 6f 72  subsystem-vendor
> [169547.248641] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000030: 3d 31 37 63 62 2c 73 75 62 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2d  =17cb,subsystem-
> [169547.248642] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000040: 64 65 76 69 63 65 3d 33 33 37 34 2c 71 6d 69 2d  device=3374,qmi-
> [169547.248643] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000050: 63 68 69 70 2d 69 64 3d 32 2c 71 6d 69 2d 62 6f  chip-id=2,qmi-bo
> [169547.248645] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: 00000060: 61 72 64 2d 69 64 3d 32 36 32                    ard-id=262
> [169547.248646] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: boot found match for name 'bus=pci,vendor=17cb,device=1103,subsystem-vendor=17cb,subsystem-device=3374,qmi-chip-id=2,qmi-board-id=262'
> [169547.248647] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: boot found board data for 'bus=pci,vendor=17cb,device=1103,subsystem-vendor=17cb,subsystem-device=3374,qmi-chip-id=2,qmi-board-id=262'
> [169547.248649] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: using board api 2
>
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-01720.1-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-1
>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong@quicinc.com>

[...]

> @@ -722,7 +734,7 @@ static int ath11k_core_fetch_board_data_api_n(struct ath11k_base *ab,
>  
>  out:
>  	if (!bd->data || !bd->len) {
> -		ath11k_err(ab,
> +		ath11k_dbg(ab, ATH11K_DBG_BOOT,
>  			   "failed to fetch board data for %s from %s\n",
>  			   boardname, filepath);
>  		ret = -ENODATA;

This error message was useful as it made easy to find out what board
data file we are missing. An example:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215586#c0

So I'm worried it will become more difficult if the message is changed
to a debug message. But I don't know what's a good solution either, we
shouldn't print an error message while we are searching for the board
file and print it only after we could not find any. One idea I have was
to print every boardname we tried to find or just print the first
boardname, but don't know really what's the best.

But to summarise, we need to think carefully how to handle the missing
board file case. It's very common for users that a board file is missing
in board-2.bin so the error message should be informative enough.

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