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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:26:44 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] wifi: ath12k: Refactor core start api
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To: Harshitha Prem <quic_hprem@quicinc.com>, <ath12k@lists.infradead.org>
CC: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
        Karthikeyan Periyasamy
	<quic_periyasa@quicinc.com>
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 <20240425055759.1181165-2-quic_hprem@quicinc.com>
From: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
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On 4/24/2024 10:57 PM, Harshitha Prem wrote:
> From: Karthikeyan Periyasamy <quic_periyasa@quicinc.com>
> 
> Hardware device group abstraction would be introduced, in future,
> where radios across different devices can be grouped together to
> support multi-link operation and register as a device group to mac80211.
> 
> Currently, ath12k_mac_allocate() and ath12k_mac_register() APIs are part
> of ath12k_core_start() and ath12k_core_pdev_create() respectively and are
> based on per device (ath12k_base). These APIs can be decoupled and moved
> out to ath12k_core_qmi_firmware_ready() itself.
> 
> This refactor would be helpful for device group abstraction when mac80211
> allocate and register will be changed from per device (ath12k_base) to
> per device group (ath12k_hw_group).
> 
> Add changes to move allocate and register APIs from existing one and modify
> corresponding deinit sequence.
> 
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karthikeyan Periyasamy <quic_periyasa@quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Harshitha Prem <quic_hprem@quicinc.com>

Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>