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From:   Tyler Stachecki <stachecki.tyler@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 20:51:22 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath11k: Fix QCN9074 firmware boot on x86
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
        "open list:QUALCOMM ATHEROS ATH11K WIRELESS DRIVER" 
        <ath11k@lists.infradead.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS (WIRELESS)" 
        <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 10:46 AM Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> "Tyler J. Stachecki" <stachecki.tyler@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > The 2.7.0 series of QCN9074's firmware requests 5 segments
> > of memory instead of 3 (as in the 2.5.0 series).
> >
> > The first segment (11M) is too large to be kalloc'd in one
> > go on x86 and requires piecemeal 1MB allocations, as was
> > the case with the prior public firmware (2.5.0, 15M).
> >
> > Since f6f92968e1e5, ath11k will break the memory requests,
> > but only if there were fewer than 3 segments requested by
> > the firmware. It seems that 5 segments works fine and
> > allows QCN9074 to boot on x86 with firmware 2.7.0, so
> > change things accordingly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler J. Stachecki <stachecki.tyler@gmail.com>
>
> Ouch, that's pretty bad. Thanks for fixing this!
>
> Does the 2.5.0.1 firmware branch still work with this patch? It's
> important that we don't break the old firmware.
>
> --
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
>
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

Yep, tested the patch with all 3 combinations, below:

QCN9074:
WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01208-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

WCN6855:
WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.16