The firmware-name property was originally introduced to allow end-users
and integrators to select use-case-specific firmware for the WCN6855.
However, specifying firmware for an M.2 WLAN module in the Device Tree
is not appropriate. Instead, this functionality will be handled within
the ath11k driver. Therefore, the firmware-name property is now
deprecated.

Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml        | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
index e34d42a30192..0162e365798b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ properties:
 
   firmware-name:
     maxItems: 1
+    deprecated: true
     description:
       If present, a board or platform specific string used to lookup
       usecase-specific firmware files for the device.
-- 
2.34.1

On 19/01/2026 15:02, Miaoqing Pan wrote:
> The firmware-name property was originally introduced to allow end-users
> and integrators to select use-case-specific firmware for the WCN6855.
> However, specifying firmware for an M.2 WLAN module in the Device Tree
> is not appropriate. Instead, this functionality will be handled within
> the ath11k driver. Therefore, the firmware-name property is now
> deprecated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com>


Is this the same patch as the one which received review/tag?

Best regards,
Krzysztof

On 1/19/2026 10:48 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 19/01/2026 15:02, Miaoqing Pan wrote:
>> The firmware-name property was originally introduced to allow end-users
>> and integrators to select use-case-specific firmware for the WCN6855.
>> However, specifying firmware for an M.2 WLAN module in the Device Tree
>> is not appropriate. Instead, this functionality will be handled within
>> the ath11k driver. Therefore, the firmware-name property is now
>> deprecated.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com>
> 
> 
> Is this the same patch as the one which received review/tag?
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof

Do you mean adding back the tag
‘Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>’ because the patch had no 
changes when that review/tag was given?