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From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:56:31 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Add support for BCM43596 PCIe Wi-Fi
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 5:47 PM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org> 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