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.

Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
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 21/01/2026 10:50, 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.
> 
> Acked-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing.pan@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>  .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath11k-pci.yaml        | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)


Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com>

Best regards,
Krzysztof