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qualcommax: ipq50xx: remove ipq5018 and qcn6122 wifi m3 fw

The current ath11k driver does not support loading m3 firmware for
IPQ5018 and QCN6122 wifi. Although m3 firmware entries are specified
in Q6 WCSS nodes, the driver actually skips loading them. Editing the
driver to force loading m3 results in Q6 crashes and non-functioning
wifi. As such, remove m3 firmware entries for all boards until there's
proper support in the ath11k driver.

Signed-off-by: George Moussalem <[email protected]>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/21110
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <[email protected]>
George Moussalem 3 weeks ago
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+ 1 - 2
target/linux/qualcommax/files/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq5018-ax6000.dts

@@ -572,8 +572,7 @@
 };
 
 &q6v5_wcss {
-	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt",
-			"ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt";
+	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt";
 };
 
 &wifi {

+ 1 - 2
target/linux/qualcommax/files/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq5018-ax850.dts

@@ -399,8 +399,7 @@
 };
 
 &q6v5_wcss {
-	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt",
-			"ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt";
+	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt";
 };
 
 &wifi {

+ 1 - 2
target/linux/qualcommax/files/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq5018-mr5500.dts

@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@
 };
 
 &q6v5_wcss {
-	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt",
-			"ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt";
+	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt";
 };
 
 &wifi {

+ 1 - 2
target/linux/qualcommax/files/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq5018-mx5500.dts

@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@
 };
 
 &q6v5_wcss {
-	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt",
-			"ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt";
+	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt";
 };
 
 &wifi {

+ 1 - 3
target/linux/qualcommax/files/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq5018-qcn6122.dtsi

@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 &q6v5_wcss {
 	compatible = "qcom,ipq5018-q6-mpd";
 
-	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt",
-			"ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt",
- 			"ath11k/QCN6122/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt";
+	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt";
 
 	// IPQ5018
 	q6_wcss_pd1: pd-1 {

+ 1 - 2
target/linux/qualcommax/files/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq5018-spnmx56.dts

@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@
 };
 
 &q6v5_wcss {
-	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt",
-			"ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/m3_fw.mdt";
+	firmware-name = "ath11k/IPQ5018/hw1.0/q6_fw.mdt";
 };
 
 &wifi {

+ 0 - 102
target/linux/qualcommax/patches-6.12/0808-remoteproc-qcom-wcss-sec-add-split-firmware-support.patch

@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-From: George Moussalem <[email protected]>
-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:26:31 +0400
-Subject: [PATCH] remoteproc: qcom: wcss-sec: add split firmware support
-
-The driver currently expects only one firmware file to be loaded as part
-of bringing up WCSS. For IPQ5018 and QCN6122, multiple firmware files are
-required, both the q6 and m3 firmware files. As such, add support for
-loading up to 3 firmware files.
-
-Signed-off-by: George Moussalem <[email protected]>
----
---- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_wcss_sec.c
-+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_wcss_sec.c
-@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
- 
- #define Q6_WAIT_TIMEOUT			(5 * HZ)
- 
-+#define MAX_FIRMWARE			3
-+
- struct wcss_sec {
- 	struct device *dev;
- 	struct qcom_rproc_glink glink_subdev;
-@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ struct wcss_sec {
- 	void *mem_region;
- 	size_t mem_size;
- 	const struct wcss_data *desc;
-+	const char **firmware;
- 
- 	struct mbox_client mbox_client;
- 	struct mbox_chan *mbox_chan;
-@@ -137,7 +140,8 @@ static int wcss_sec_load(struct rproc *r
- {
- 	struct wcss_sec *wcss = rproc->priv;
- 	struct device *dev = wcss->dev;
--	int ret;
-+	const struct firmware *fw_hdl;
-+	int i, ret;
- 
- 	if (wcss->desc->use_tmelcom) {
- 		wcss->metadata = qcom_mdt_read_metadata(fw, &wcss->metadata_len,
-@@ -161,6 +165,28 @@ static int wcss_sec_load(struct rproc *r
- 				    wcss->mem_phys, wcss->mem_size, &wcss->mem_reloc);
- 		if (ret)
- 			return ret;
-+
-+		for (i = 1; i < MAX_FIRMWARE; i++) {
-+			if (!wcss->firmware[i])
-+				continue;
-+
-+			ret = request_firmware(&fw_hdl, wcss->firmware[i], dev);
-+
-+			if (ret)
-+				continue;
-+
-+			ret = qcom_mdt_load_no_init(dev, fw_hdl, wcss->firmware[i], 0,
-+						    wcss->mem_region, wcss->mem_phys,
-+						    wcss->mem_size, &wcss->mem_reloc);
-+
-+			release_firmware(fw_hdl);
-+
-+			if (ret) {
-+				dev_err(dev, "error %d loading firmware %s\n",
-+					ret, wcss->firmware[i]);
-+				return ret;
-+			}
-+		}
- 	}
- 
- 	qcom_pil_info_store("wcss", wcss->mem_phys, wcss->mem_size);
-@@ -291,17 +317,20 @@ static int wcss_sec_probe(struct platfor
- 	struct wcss_sec *wcss;
- 	struct clk *sleep_clk;
- 	struct clk *int_clk;
--	const char *fw_name = NULL;
-+	const char **firmware = NULL;
- 	const struct wcss_data *desc = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
- 	int ret;
- 
--	ret = of_property_read_string(pdev->dev.of_node, "firmware-name",
--				      &fw_name);
-+	firmware = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, MAX_FIRMWARE,
-+				sizeof(*firmware), GFP_KERNEL);
-+
-+	ret = of_property_read_string_array(pdev->dev.of_node, "firmware-name",
-+					    firmware, MAX_FIRMWARE);
- 	if (ret < 0)
- 		return ret;
- 
- 	rproc = devm_rproc_alloc(&pdev->dev, desc->ss_name, &wcss_sec_ops,
--				 fw_name, sizeof(*wcss));
-+				 firmware[0], sizeof(*wcss));
- 	if (!rproc) {
- 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate rproc\n");
- 		return -ENOMEM;
-@@ -310,6 +339,7 @@ static int wcss_sec_probe(struct platfor
- 	wcss = rproc->priv;
- 	wcss->dev = &pdev->dev;
- 	wcss->desc = desc;
-+	wcss->firmware = firmware;
- 
- 	ret = wcss_sec_alloc_memory_region(wcss);
- 	if (ret)