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SubjectRe: [PATCH] brcmfmac: use separate firmware for 43430 revision 2
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On 2021-05-10 at 11:06 MSK, Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> wrote:
> On 5/10/2021 1:30 AM, Mikhail Rudenko wrote:
>> A separate firmware is needed for Broadcom 43430 revision 2. This
>> chip can be found in e.g. certain revisions of Ampak AP6212 wireless
>> IC. Original firmware file from IC vendor is named
>> 'fw_bcm43436b0.bin', but brcmfmac and also btbcm drivers report chip
>
> That is bad naming. There already is a 43436 USB device.
>
>> id 43430, so requested firmware file name is
>> 'brcmfmac43430b0-sdio.bin' in line with other 43430 revisions.
>
> As always there is the question about who will be publishing this
> particular firmware file to linux-firmware.

The above mentioned file can be easily found by web search. Also, the
corresponding patch for the bluetooth part has just been accepted
[1]. Is it strictly necessary to have firmware file in linux-firmware in
order to have this patch accepted?

--
Regards,
Mikhail

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bluetooth/E8A21908-1D48-4B89-8A88-7E82A71E0DA4@holtmann.org/

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