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pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21

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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git tags/wireless-next-2023-04-21

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Kalle Valo April 21, 2023, 10:47 a.m. UTC
Hi,

here's a pull request to net-next tree, more info below. Please let me know if
there are any problems.

Kalle

The following changes since commit b536f32b5b034f592df0f0ba129ad59fa0f3e532:

  net: stmmac: dwmac-imx: use platform specific reset for imx93 SoCs (2023-04-05 19:01:22 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git tags/wireless-next-2023-04-21

for you to fetch changes up to 3288ee5844b74cebb94ed15bc9b5b9d3223ae038:

  Merge ath-next from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git (2023-04-20 19:43:45 +0300)

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wireless-next patches for v6.4

Most likely the last -next pull request for v6.4. We have changes all
over. rtw88 now supports SDIO bus and iwlwifi continues to work on
Wi-Fi 7 support. Not much stack changes this time.

Major changes:

cfg80211/mac80211

* fix some Fine Time Measurement (FTM) frames not being bufferable

* flush frames before key removal to avoid potential unencrypted
  transmission depending on the hardware design

iwlwifi

* preparation for Wi-Fi 7 EHT and multi-link support

rtw88

* SDIO bus support

* RTL8822BS, RTL8822CS and RTL8821CS SDIO chipset support

rtw89

* framework firmware backwards compatibility

brcmfmac

* Cypress 43439 SDIO support

mt76

* mt7921 P2P support

* mt7996 mesh A-MSDU support

* mt7996 EHT support

* mt7996 coredump support

wcn36xx

* support for pronto v3 hardware

ath11k

* PCIe DeviceTree bindings

* WCN6750: enable SAR support

ath10k

* convert DeviceTree bindings to YAML

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Aaradhana Sahu (1):
      wifi: ath12k: fix packets are sent in native wifi mode while we set raw mode

Aditya Kumar Singh (2):
      wifi: ath11k: fix deinitialization of firmware resources
      wifi: ath12k: fix firmware assert during channel switch for peer sta

Aloka Dixit (1):
      wifi: mac80211: set EHT support flag in AP mode

Alon Giladi (2):
      wifi: iwlwifi: acpi: support modules with high antenna gain
      wifi: iwlwifi: fw: fix argument to efi.get_variable

Arnd Bergmann (1):
      wifi: airo: remove ISA_DMA_API dependency

Avraham Stern (10):
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: use OFDM rate if IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_CCK_RATE is set
      wifi: iwlwifi: trans: don't trigger d3 interrupt twice
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't set CHECKSUM_COMPLETE for unsupported protocols
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix shift-out-of-bounds
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: make HLTK configuration for PASN station optional
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: avoid iterating over an un-initialized list
      wifi: iwlwifi: modify scan request and results when in link protection
      wifi: iwlwifi: mei: make mei filtered scan more aggressive
      wifi: iwlwifi: mei: re-ask for ownership after it was taken by CSME
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix RFKILL report when driver is going down

Ayala Beker (2):
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't drop unencrypted MCAST frames
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: scan legacy bands and UHB channels with same antenna

Baochen Qiang (2):
      wifi: ath12k: Identify DFS channel when sending scan channel list command
      wifi: ath12k: Enable IMPS for WCN7850

Bastian Germann (1):
      wifi: ath9k: Remove Qwest/Actiontec 802AIN ID

Bhagavathi Perumal S (1):
      wifi: ath11k: Fix invalid management rx frame length issue

Bitterblue Smith (5):
      wifi: rtl8xxxu: Clean up some messy ifs
      wifi: rtl8xxxu: Support devices with 5-6 out endpoints
      wifi: rtl8xxxu: Don't print the vendor/product/serial
      wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add rtl8xxxu_write{8,16,32}_{set,clear}
      wifi: rtl8xxxu: Simplify setting the initial gain

Bo Jiao (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: enable full system reset support

Cai Huoqing (3):
      wifi: ath11k: Remove redundant pci_clear_master
      wifi: ath10k: Remove redundant pci_clear_master
      wifi: ath12k: Remove redundant pci_clear_master

Chih-Kang Chang (2):
      wifi: rtw89: fix power save function in WoWLAN mode
      wifi: rtw89: prohibit enter IPS during HW scan

Chin-Yen Lee (1):
      wifi: rtw89: support WoWLAN mode for 8852be

Ching-Te Ku (3):
      wifi: rtw89: coex: Enable Wi-Fi RX gain control for free run solution
      wifi: rtw89: coex: Add path control register to monitor list
      wifi: rtw89: coex: Update function to get BT RSSI and hardware counter

Colin Ian King (2):
      wifi: iwlwifi: Fix spelling mistake "upto" -> "up to"
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix spelling mistake "Gerenal" -> "General"

Dan Carpenter (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7915: unlock on error in mt7915_thermal_temp_store()

Daniel Gabay (4):
      wifi: iwlwifi: nvm: Update HE capabilities on 6GHz band for EHT device
      wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: fix possible NULL pointer dereference
      wifi: iwlwifi: yoyo: skip dump correctly on hw error
      wifi: iwlwifi: yoyo: Fix possible division by zero

Deren Wu (3):
      wifi: mt76: remove redundent MCU_UNI_CMD_* definitions
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix wrong command to set STA channel
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix PCI DMA hang after reboot

Emmanuel Grumbach (2):
      wifi: iwlwifi: make the loop for card preparation effective
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: adopt the latest firmware API

Eric Dumazet (1):
      wifi: mac80211_hwsim: fix potential NULL deref in hwsim_pmsr_report_nl()

Eric Huang (2):
      wifi: rtw89: use hardware CFO to improve performance
      wifi: rtw89: correct 5 MHz mask setting

Felix Fietkau (5):
      wifi: mt76: add missing locking to protect against concurrent rx/status calls
      wifi: mac80211: remove ieee80211_tx_status_8023
      wifi: mt76: mt7615: increase eeprom size for mt7663
      wifi: mt76: dma: use napi_build_skb
      wifi: mt76: set NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_CAN_REPLACE_PTK0 on supported drivers

Frank Wunderlich (1):
      dt-bindings: mt76: add active-low property for led

Ganesh Babu Jothiram (1):
      wifi: ath11k: Configure the FTM responder role using firmware capability flag

Golan Ben Ami (2):
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: enable bz hw checksum from c step
      wifi: iwlwifi: move debug buffer allocation failure to info verbosity

Gregory Greenman (7):
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix the order of TIMING_MEASUREMENT notifications
      wifi: iwlwifi: fix duplicate entry in iwl_dev_info_table
      wifi: iwlwifi: call napi_synchronize() before freeing rx/tx queues
      wifi: iwlwifi: bump FW API to 77 for AX devices
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: update mac id management
      wifi: iwlwifi: bump FW API to 78 for AX devices
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: enable support for MLO APIs

Gustavo A. R. Silva (5):
      wifi: ath11k: Replace fake flex-array with flexible-array member
      wifi: carl9170: Fix multiple -Warray-bounds warnings
      wifi: carl9170: Replace fake flex-array with flexible-array member
      wifi: mt76: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array member
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: Replace fake flex-arrays with flexible-array members

Haim Dreyfuss (1):
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: support wowlan info notification version 2

Hans de Goede (1):
      wifi: iwlwifi: dvm: Fix memcpy: detected field-spanning write backtrace

Harshit Mogalapalli (1):
      wifi: ath12k: Add missing unwind goto in ath12k_pci_probe()

Harshitha Prem (8):
      wifi: ath11k: fix BUFFER_DONE read on monitor ring rx  buffer
      wifi: ath12k: fix incorrect handling of AMSDU frames
      wifi: ath12k: incorrect channel survey dump
      wifi: ath11k: Ignore frags from uninitialized peer in dp.
      wifi: ath11k: fix undefined behavior with __fls in dp
      wifi: ath11k: fix double free of peer rx_tid during reo cmd failure
      wifi: ath11k: Prevent REO cmd failures
      wifi: ath11k: add peer mac information in failure cases

Howard Hsu (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7915: rework init flow in mt7915_thermal_init()

Hyunwoo Kim (1):
      wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: Fix integer overflow in iwl_write_to_user_buf

Ilan Peer (2):
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix setting the rate for non station cases
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Fix _iwl_mvm_get_scan_type()

Jernej Skrabec (1):
      wifi: rtw88: Add support for the SDIO based RTL8822BS chipset

Jiefeng Li (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix missing unwind goto in `mt7921u_probe`

Johan Hovold (1):
      dt-bindings: net: wireless: add ath11k pcie bindings

Johannes Berg (43):
      wifi: iwlwifi: debug: fix crash in __iwl_err()
      wifi: iwlwifi: nvm-parse: enable 160/320 MHz for AP mode
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: convert TID to FW value on queue remove
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix A-MSDU checks
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: refactor TX csum mode check
      wifi: ieee80211: clean up public action codes
      wifi: ieee80211: correctly mark FTM frames non-bufferable
      wifi: mac80211: flush queues on STA removal
      wifi: mac80211: add flush_sta method
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: request limiting to 8 MSDUs per A-MSDU
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: add DSM_FUNC_ENABLE_6E value to debugfs
      wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: work around ROM bug on AX210 integrated
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: track AP STA pointer and use it for MFP
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: make iwl_mvm_mac_ctxt_send_beacon() static
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix ptk_pn memory leak
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: set STA mask for keys in MLO
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: validate station properly in flush
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: tx: remove misleading if statement
      wifi: iwlwifi: nvm-parse: add full BW UL MU-MIMO support
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix getting lowest TX rate for MLO
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: properly implement HE AP support
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: factor out iwl_mvm_sta_fw_id_mask()
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: use correct sta mask to remove queue
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: track station mask for BAIDs
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: implement BAID link switching
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: implement key link switching
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: allow number of beacons from FW
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: use BSSID when building probe requests
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: allow NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SCAN_MIN_PREQ_CONTENT
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: remove per-STA MFP setting
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix iwl_mvm_sta_rc_update for MLO
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: only clients can be 20MHz-only
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: rs-fw: properly access sband->iftype_data
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: initialize per-link STA ratescale data
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: remove RS rate init update argument
      wifi: iwlwifi: fix iwl_mvm_max_amsdu_size() for MLO
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: configure TLC on link activation
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: add MLO support to SF - use sta pointer
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: check firmware response size
      wifi: iwlwifi: fw: fix memory leak in debugfs
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix MIC removal confusion
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix potential memory leak
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: prefer RCU_INIT_POINTER()

Jonas Jelonek (1):
      wifi: ath9k: fix per-packet TX-power cap for TPC

Kalle Valo (3):
      wifi: ath11k: print a warning when crypto_alloc_shash() fails
      Merge tag 'mt76-for-kvalo-2023-04-18' of https://github.com/nbd168/wireless
      Merge ath-next from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git

Kang Chen (1):
      wifi: mt76: handle failure of vzalloc in mt7615_coredump_work

Konrad Dybcio (1):
      dt-bindings: net: Convert ath10k to YAML

Larry Finger (1):
      wifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb

Lorenz Brun (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7915: expose device tree match table

Lorenzo Bianconi (8):
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: introduce mt7921_get_mac80211_ops utility routine
      wifi: mt76: move irq_tasklet in mt76_dev struct
      wifi: mt76: add mt76_connac_irq_enable utility routine
      wifi: mt76: get rid of unused sta_ps callbacks
      wifi: mt76: add mt76_connac_gen_ppe_thresh utility routine
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: get rid of eeprom.h
      wifi: mt76: move shared mac definitions in mt76_connac2_mac.h
      wifi: mt76: move mcu_uni_event and mcu_reg_event in common code

Manikanta Pubbisetty (2):
      wifi: ath11k: Optimize 6 GHz scan time
      wifi: ath11k: Send 11d scan start before WMI_START_SCAN_CMDID

Marek Vasut (1):
      wifi: brcmfmac: add Cypress 43439 SDIO ids

Mario Limonciello (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7921e: Set memory space enable in PCI_COMMAND if unset

Martin Blumenstingl (8):
      wifi: rtw88: Clear RTW_FLAG_POWERON early in rtw_mac_power_switch()
      wifi: rtw88: sdio: Add HCI implementation for SDIO based chipsets
      wifi: rtw88: mac: Support SDIO specific bits in the power on sequence
      wifi: rtw88: main: Add the {cpwm,rpwm}_addr for SDIO based chipsets
      wifi: rtw88: main: Reserve 8 bytes of extra TX headroom for SDIO cards
      mmc: sdio: add Realtek SDIO vendor ID and various wifi device IDs
      wifi: rtw88: Add support for the SDIO based RTL8822CS chipset
      wifi: rtw88: Add support for the SDIO based RTL8821CS chipset

Ming Yen Hsieh (1):
      wifi: mt76: fix 6GHz high channel not be scanned

Miri Korenblit (3):
      wifi: iwlwifi: add a validity check of queue_id in iwl_txq_reclaim
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: cleanup beacon_inject_active during hw restart
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: enable new MLD FW API

Mukesh Sisodiya (9):
      wifi: iwlwifi: Update configuration for SO,SOF MAC and HR RF
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: move function sequence
      wifi: iwlwifi: Update init sequence if tx diversity supported
      wifi: iwlwifi: Update configurations for Bnj-a0 and specific rf devices
      wifi: iwlwifi: dbg: print pc register data once fw dump occurred
      wifi: iwlwifi: Fix the duplicate dump name
      wifi: iwlwifi: Add RF Step Type for BZ device
      wifi: iwlwifi: add a new PCI device ID for BZ device
      wifi: iwlwifi: Update support for b0 version

Muna Sinada (1):
      wifi: ath11k: Remove disabling of 80+80 and 160 MHz

Nagarajan Maran (1):
      wifi: ath11k: Fix SKB corruption in REO destination ring

Neil Chen (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: use driver flags rather than mac80211 flags to mcu

P Praneesh (3):
      wifi: ath12k: fill peer meta data during reo_reinject
      wifi: ath11k: fix rssi station dump not updated in QCN9074
      wifi: ath11k: fix writing to unintended memory region

Peter Chiu (4):
      wifi: mt76: drop the incorrect scatter and gather frame
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix pointer calculation in ie countdown event
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: init mpdu density cap
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: remove mt7996_mcu_set_pm()

Ping-Ke Shih (13):
      wifi: rtw89: use schedule_work to request firmware
      wifi: rtw89: add firmware format version to backward compatible with older drivers
      wifi: rtw89: read version of analog hardware
      wifi: rtw89: 8851b: fix TX path to path A for one RF path chip
      wifi: rtw89: mac: update MAC settings to support 8851b
      wifi: rtw89: pci: update PCI related settings to support 8851B
      wifi: rtw89: 8851b: add BB and RF tables (1 of 2)
      wifi: rtw89: 8851b: add BB and RF tables (2 of 2)
      wifi: rtw89: 8851b: add tables for RFK
      wifi: rtw89: fix crash due to null pointer of sta in AP mode
      wifi: rtw89: coex: send more hardware module info to firmware for 8851B
      wifi: rtw89: use struct instead of macros to set H2C command of hardware scan
      wifi: rtw89: mac: use regular int as return type of DLE buffer request

Po-Hao Huang (17):
      wifi: rtw89: 8852c: add beacon filter and CQM support
      wifi: rtw89: add function to wait for completion of TX skbs
      wifi: rtw89: add ieee80211::remain_on_channel ops
      wifi: rtw89: add flag check for power state
      wifi: rtw89: fix authentication fail during scan
      wifi: rtw89: refine scan function after chanctx
      wifi: rtw89: update statistics to FW for fine-tuning performance
      wifi: rtw89: Disallow power save with multiple stations
      wifi: rtw89: add support of concurrent mode
      wifi: rtw88: add bitmap for dynamic port settings
      wifi: rtw88: add port switch for AP mode
      wifi: rtw88: 8822c: extend reserved page number
      wifi: rtw88: disallow PS during AP mode
      wifi: rtw88: refine reserved page flow for AP mode
      wifi: rtw88: prevent scan abort with other VIFs
      wifi: rtw88: handle station mode concurrent scan with AP mode
      wifi: rtw88: 8822c: add iface combination

Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu (2):
      wifi: ath11k: fix tx status reporting in encap offload mode
      wifi: ath11k: Fix incorrect update of radiotap fields

Quan Zhou (3):
      wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix probe timeout after reboot
      wifi: mt76: mt7921e: improve reliability of dma reset
      wifi: mt76: mt7921e: stop chip reset worker in unregister hook

Rajat Soni (1):
      wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_qmi_driver_event_work()

Reese Russell (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: add Netgear AXE3000 (A8000) support

Rob Herring (1):
      bcma: Add explicit of_device.h include

Ryder Lee (15):
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix radiotap bitfield
      wifi: mt76: dynamic channel bandwidth changes in AP mode
      wifi: mt76: connac: refresh tx session timer for WED device
      wifi: mt76: mt7915: remove mt7915_mcu_beacon_check_caps()
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: remove mt7996_mcu_beacon_check_caps()
      wifi: mt76: mt7915: drop redundant prefix of mt7915_txpower_puts()
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: add full system reset knobs into debugfs
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: enable coredump support
      wifi: mt76: connac: fix txd multicast rate setting
      wifi: mt76: connac: add nss calculation into mt76_connac2_mac_tx_rate_val()
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: enable BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES support
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: enable BSS_CHANGED_MCAST_RATE support
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: enable configured beacon tx rate
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: enable mesh HW amsdu/de-amsdu support
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: fill txd by host driver

Sascha Hauer (4):
      wifi: rtw88: usb: fix priority queue to endpoint mapping
      wifi: rtw88: rtw8821c: Fix rfe_option field width
      wifi: rtw88: set pkg_type correctly for specific rtw8821c variants
      wifi: rtw88: call rtw8821c_switch_rf_set() according to chip variant

Sean Wang (2):
      wifi: mt76: mt7921: enable p2p support
      mt76: mt7921: fix kernel panic by accessing unallocated eeprom.data

Shayne Chen (3):
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: add eht rx rate support
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: let non-bufferable MMPDUs use correct hw queue
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: remove unused eeprom band selection

Simon Horman (1):
      wifi: rtw88: Update spelling in main.h

StanleyYP Wang (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix eeprom tx path bitfields

Sujuan Chen (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7915: add dev->hif2 support for mt7916 WED device

Takashi Iwai (1):
      wifi: ath11k: pci: Add more MODULE_FIRMWARE() entries

Tamizh Chelvam Raja (1):
      wifi: ath11k: Disable Spectral scan upon removing interface

Toke Høiland-Jørgensen (1):
      wifi: ath9k: Don't mark channelmap stack variable read-only in ath9k_mci_update_wlan_channels()

Tom Rix (3):
      wifi: ath10k: remove unused ath10k_get_ring_byte function
      wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: initialize seq variable
      wifi: iwlwifi: fw: move memset before early return

Vladimir Lypak (1):
      wifi: wcn36xx: add support for pronto-v3

Yang Li (1):
      wifi: mt76: mt7996: Remove unneeded semicolon

Yingsha Xu (1):
      wifi: mac80211: remove return value check of debugfs_create_dir()

Youghandhar Chintala (1):
      wifi: ath11k: enable SAR support on WCN6750

Zong-Zhe Yang (2):
      wifi: rtw89: fw: use generic flow to set/check features
      wifi: rtw89: support parameter tables by RFE type

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Comments

Jakub Kicinski April 21, 2023, 2:39 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> here's a pull request to net-next tree, more info below. Please let me know if
> there are any problems.

Sparse warning to follow up on:

drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: warning: invalid assignment: |=
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25:    left side has type restricted __le32
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25:    right side has type unsigned long
Jakub Kicinski April 21, 2023, 2:54 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
>  .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.c    | 14824 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.h    |    21 +

We should load these like FW, see the proposal outlined in
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221116222339.54052a83@kernel.org/
for example. Would that not work?

The huge register tables in C sources makes it look like
a Windows drivers :(
patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org April 21, 2023, 3 p.m. UTC | #3
Hello:

This pull request was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) you wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> here's a pull request to net-next tree, more info below. Please let me know if
> there are any problems.
> 
> Kalle
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ca2889658015

You are awesome, thank you!
Kalle Valo April 24, 2023, 5:34 p.m. UTC | #4
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:

> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> here's a pull request to net-next tree, more info below. Please let me know if
>> there are any problems.
>
> Sparse warning to follow up on:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: warning:
> invalid assignment: |=
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: left side has
> type restricted __le32
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: right side
> has type unsigned long

Ah, sorry about that. We still have some sparse warnings left so I don't
check them for each pull request. We should fix all the remaining sparse
warnings in drivers/net/wireless, any volunteers? :) Would be a good
task for a newcomer.

Felix, could you submit a fix for this? I can then apply it to wireless
tree and send a pull request to net tree in two weeks or so.
Ping-Ke Shih April 25, 2023, 2:41 a.m. UTC | #5
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:54 PM
> To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
> 
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
> >  .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.c    | 14824 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.h    |    21 +
> 
> We should load these like FW, see the proposal outlined in
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221116222339.54052a83@kernel.org/
> for example. Would that not work?
> 

That would work, and I think struct fields addr and val should be __le32.
And, I have some draft ideas to handle some situations we will face:

1. upgrading to newer driver without built-in tables will break user space
   if people don't download table file from linux-firmware.git.
   Maybe, we can keep the built-in tables and support loading from files
   for couple years at least.

2. c code can do changes along with these tables, so driver should do some
   compatibility things for register version. 

3. The file contains not only simple registers tables but also TX power tables
   and power tracking tables. These tables are multiple dimensions, and
   dimensions can be changed due to more channels are supported, for example.
   To be backward compatible, we need to add conversion function from
   v1, v2 ... to current.

I will think further to make this change smooth. 

Ping-Ke
Gregg Wonderly April 25, 2023, 4:14 a.m. UTC | #6
Could this be expressed in a /proc structure of files and directories?

Gregg Wonderly

> On Apr 24, 2023, at 9:41 PM, Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:54 PM
>> To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
>> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
>> 
>> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
>>> .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.c    | 14824 +++++++++++++++++++
>>> .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.h    |    21 +
>> 
>> We should load these like FW, see the proposal outlined in
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221116222339.54052a83@kernel.org/
>> for example. Would that not work?
>> 
> 
> That would work, and I think struct fields addr and val should be __le32.
> And, I have some draft ideas to handle some situations we will face:
> 
> 1. upgrading to newer driver without built-in tables will break user space
>   if people don't download table file from linux-firmware.git.
>   Maybe, we can keep the built-in tables and support loading from files
>   for couple years at least.
> 
> 2. c code can do changes along with these tables, so driver should do some
>   compatibility things for register version. 
> 
> 3. The file contains not only simple registers tables but also TX power tables
>   and power tracking tables. These tables are multiple dimensions, and
>   dimensions can be changed due to more channels are supported, for example.
>   To be backward compatible, we need to add conversion function from
>   v1, v2 ... to current.
> 
> I will think further to make this change smooth. 
> 
> Ping-Ke
>
Ping-Ke Shih April 25, 2023, 4:42 a.m. UTC | #7
Hi Gregg,

(no top posting for wireless mailing list, so I move your post to bottom)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregg Wonderly <greggwonderly@seqtechllc.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:15 PM
> To: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>; netdev@vger.kernel.org;
> linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
> 
> > On Apr 24, 2023, at 9:41 PM, Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:54 PM
> >> To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
> >> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> >> Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
> >>
> >> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
> >>> .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.c    | 14824 +++++++++++++++++++
> >>> .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.h    |    21 +
> >>
> >> We should load these like FW, see the proposal outlined in
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221116222339.54052a83@kernel.org/
> >> for example. Would that not work?
> >>
> >
> > That would work, and I think struct fields addr and val should be __le32.
> > And, I have some draft ideas to handle some situations we will face:
> >
> > 1. upgrading to newer driver without built-in tables will break user space
> >   if people don't download table file from linux-firmware.git.
> >   Maybe, we can keep the built-in tables and support loading from files
> >   for couple years at least.
> >
> > 2. c code can do changes along with these tables, so driver should do some
> >   compatibility things for register version.
> >
> > 3. The file contains not only simple registers tables but also TX power tables
> >   and power tracking tables. These tables are multiple dimensions, and
> >   dimensions can be changed due to more channels are supported, for example.
> >   To be backward compatible, we need to add conversion function from
> >   v1, v2 ... to current.
> >
> > I will think further to make this change smooth.
> >
> 
> Could this be expressed in a /proc structure of files and directories?
> 

I'm not clear what you meant. Could you please give me an example for reference?

Ping-Ke
Kalle Valo April 25, 2023, 5:38 a.m. UTC | #8
Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com> writes:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:54 PM
>> To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
>> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
>> 
>> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
>> >  .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.c    | 14824 +++++++++++++++++++
>> >  .../net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/rtw8851b_table.h    |    21 +
>> 
>> We should load these like FW, see the proposal outlined in
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221116222339.54052a83@kernel.org/
>> for example. Would that not work?
>> 
>
> That would work, and I think struct fields addr and val should be __le32.
> And, I have some draft ideas to handle some situations we will face:
>
> 1. upgrading to newer driver without built-in tables will break user space
>    if people don't download table file from linux-firmware.git.
>    Maybe, we can keep the built-in tables and support loading from files
>    for couple years at least.
>
> 2. c code can do changes along with these tables, so driver should do some
>    compatibility things for register version. 
>
> 3. The file contains not only simple registers tables but also TX power tables
>    and power tracking tables. These tables are multiple dimensions, and
>    dimensions can be changed due to more channels are supported, for example.
>    To be backward compatible, we need to add conversion function from
>    v1, v2 ... to current.
>
> I will think further to make this change smooth. 

IIRC we discussed this back in initial rtw88 or rtw89 driver review (not
sure which one). At the time I pushed for the current solution to have
the initvals in static variables just to avoid any backwards
compatibility issues. I agree that the initvals in .c files are ugly but
is it worth all the extra effort and complexity to move them outside the
kernel? I'm starting to lean towards it's not worth all the extra work.

For me most important is that backwards compatibility is not broken,
that would be bad for the users. So whatever we decide let's keep that
in mind.
Jakub Kicinski April 25, 2023, 2:18 p.m. UTC | #9
On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:38:17 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> IIRC we discussed this back in initial rtw88 or rtw89 driver review (not
> sure which one). At the time I pushed for the current solution to have
> the initvals in static variables just to avoid any backwards
> compatibility issues. I agree that the initvals in .c files are ugly but
> is it worth all the extra effort and complexity to move them outside the
> kernel? I'm starting to lean towards it's not worth all the extra work.

I don't think it's that much extra work, the driver requires FW
according to modinfo, anyway, so /lib/firmware is already required.
And on smaller systems with few hundred MB of RAM it'd be nice to not
hold all the stuff in kernel memory, I'd think.

We have a rule against putting FW as a static table in the driver
source, right? Or did we abandon that? Isn't this fundamentally similar?

> For me most important is that backwards compatibility is not broken,
> that would be bad for the users. So whatever we decide let's keep that
> in mind.

Right, not for existing devices, only when new device is added.
Johannes Berg April 25, 2023, 5:08 p.m. UTC | #10
On Tue, 2023-04-25 at 07:18 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:38:17 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > IIRC we discussed this back in initial rtw88 or rtw89 driver review (not
> > sure which one). At the time I pushed for the current solution to have
> > the initvals in static variables just to avoid any backwards
> > compatibility issues. I agree that the initvals in .c files are ugly but
> > is it worth all the extra effort and complexity to move them outside the
> > kernel? I'm starting to lean towards it's not worth all the extra work.
> 
> I don't think it's that much extra work, the driver requires FW
> according to modinfo, anyway, so /lib/firmware is already required.

If the firmware is sufficiently unique to a device (which is likely) it
could even just be appended to that same file, assuming the file format
has any kind of container layout. But even that could be done fairly
easily.

johannes
Ryder Lee April 25, 2023, 8:52 p.m. UTC | #11
On Mon, 2023-04-24 at 20:34 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> External email : Please do not click links or open attachments until
> you have verified the sender or the content.
> 
> 
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > here's a pull request to net-next tree, more info below. Please
> > > let me know if
> > > there are any problems.
> > 
> > Sparse warning to follow up on:
> > 
> > drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: warning:
> > invalid assignment: |=
> > drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: left side
> > has
> > type restricted __le32
> > drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: right side
> > has type unsigned long
> 
> Ah, sorry about that. We still have some sparse warnings left so I
> don't
> check them for each pull request. We should fix all the remaining
> sparse
> warnings in drivers/net/wireless, any volunteers? :) Would be a good
> task for a newcomer.
> 
> Felix, could you submit a fix for this? I can then apply it to
> wireless
> tree and send a pull request to net tree in two weeks or so.
> 

My bad. I've posted a fix for that. 

[1/2] wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix endianness of MT_TXD6_TX_RATE

Ryder
Ping-Ke Shih April 26, 2023, 3:15 a.m. UTC | #12
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:09 AM
> To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
> Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
> 
> On Tue, 2023-04-25 at 07:18 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:38:17 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > > IIRC we discussed this back in initial rtw88 or rtw89 driver review (not
> > > sure which one). At the time I pushed for the current solution to have
> > > the initvals in static variables just to avoid any backwards
> > > compatibility issues. I agree that the initvals in .c files are ugly but
> > > is it worth all the extra effort and complexity to move them outside the
> > > kernel? I'm starting to lean towards it's not worth all the extra work.
> >
> > I don't think it's that much extra work, the driver requires FW
> > according to modinfo, anyway, so /lib/firmware is already required.
> 
> If the firmware is sufficiently unique to a device (which is likely) it
> could even just be appended to that same file, assuming the file format
> has any kind of container layout. But even that could be done fairly
> easily.
> 

I think the extra work Kalle meant is what I mentioned previously --
need functions to convert old tables v1, v2, ... to current. Like,

struct table_v1 { // from file
   __le32 data[10];
};

struct table_v2 { // from file
   __le32 data[20];
};

struct table {    // from file, the latest version of current use
   __le32 data[30];
};

struct table_cpu {  // current table in cpu order
   u32 data[30];
};

If loading a table_v1 table, for example, we need to convert to table_cpu by
some rules. Also, maybe we need to disable some features relay on the values
introduced by table_cpu. I think it will work, but just add some flags and
rules to handle them.


Another question is about number of files for single device. Since firmware and
tables (e.g. TX power, registers) are released by different people, and they
maintain their own version, if I append tables to firmware, it's a little hard
to have a clear version code. So, I would like to know the rule if I can just
add additional one file for these tables?

Ping-Ke
Ping-Ke Shih April 26, 2023, 3:30 a.m. UTC | #13
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 11:16 AM
> To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Kalle Valo
> <kvalo@kernel.org>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 1:09 AM
> > To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
> >
> > On Tue, 2023-04-25 at 07:18 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:38:17 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > > > IIRC we discussed this back in initial rtw88 or rtw89 driver review (not
> > > > sure which one). At the time I pushed for the current solution to have
> > > > the initvals in static variables just to avoid any backwards
> > > > compatibility issues. I agree that the initvals in .c files are ugly but
> > > > is it worth all the extra effort and complexity to move them outside the
> > > > kernel? I'm starting to lean towards it's not worth all the extra work.
> > >
> > > I don't think it's that much extra work, the driver requires FW
> > > according to modinfo, anyway, so /lib/firmware is already required.
> >
> > If the firmware is sufficiently unique to a device (which is likely) it
> > could even just be appended to that same file, assuming the file format
> > has any kind of container layout. But even that could be done fairly
> > easily.
> >
> 
> I think the extra work Kalle meant is what I mentioned previously --
> need functions to convert old tables v1, v2, ... to current. Like,
> 

struct table_v1 { // from file
   __le32 channel_tx_power[10];
};

struct table_v2 { // from file
   __le32 channel_tx_power[20];
};

struct table {    // from file, the latest version of current use
   __le32 channel_tx_power[30];
};

struct table_cpu {  // current table in cpu order
   u32 channel_tx_power[30];
};

To make example clearer, I change the name of fields, because the thing I
want to mention is not register table that wouldn't need conversion.

> 
> If loading a table_v1 table, for example, we need to convert to table_cpu by
> some rules. Also, maybe we need to disable some features relay on the values
> introduced by table_cpu. I think it will work, but just add some flags and
> rules to handle them.
> 
> 
> Another question is about number of files for single device. Since firmware and
> tables (e.g. TX power, registers) are released by different people, and they
> maintain their own version, if I append tables to firmware, it's a little hard
> to have a clear version code. So, I would like to know the rule if I can just
> add additional one file for these tables?
> 
> Ping-Ke
> 
> 
> ------Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
Johannes Berg April 26, 2023, 8:24 a.m. UTC | #14
On Wed, 2023-04-26 at 03:30 +0000, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
> > > 

> > 
> > I think the extra work Kalle meant is what I mentioned previously --
> > need functions to convert old tables v1, v2, ... to current. Like,
> > 
> 
> struct table_v1 { // from file
>    __le32 channel_tx_power[10];
> };
> 
> struct table_v2 { // from file
>    __le32 channel_tx_power[20];
> };
> 
> struct table {    // from file, the latest version of current use
>    __le32 channel_tx_power[30];
> };
> 
> struct table_cpu {  // current table in cpu order
>    u32 channel_tx_power[30];
> };
> 
> To make example clearer, I change the name of fields, because the thing I
> want to mention is not register table that wouldn't need conversion.

Right, the file format would have to be __le32 (or __be32), but that's
pretty easy to handle while writing it to the device?

Not sure I understand the other thing about conversion.

> > If loading a table_v1 table, for example, we need to convert to table_cpu by
> > some rules. Also, maybe we need to disable some features relay on the values
> > introduced by table_cpu. I think it will work, but just add some flags and
> > rules to handle them.

But wouldn't this basically be tied to a driver? I mean you could have a
file called "rtlwifi/rtlxyz.v1.tables" that the driver in kernel 6.4
loads, and ...v2... that the driver in 6.5 loads, and requires for
operation?

Then again - it'd be better if the driver in 6.5 can deal with it if a
user didn't install the v2 file yet, is that what you meant?


> > Another question is about number of files for single device. Since firmware and
> > tables (e.g. TX power, registers) are released by different people, and they
> > maintain their own version, if I append tables to firmware, it's a little hard
> > to have a clear version code. So, I would like to know the rule if I can just
> > add additional one file for these tables?

Oh, I certainly wasn't trying to say that it should be done by combining
the file, just that it might be _easier_ to distribute this stuff then.
If not, then not!

johannes
Ping-Ke Shih April 27, 2023, 12:38 a.m. UTC | #15
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 4:25 PM
> To: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-next-2023-04-21
> 
> On Wed, 2023-04-26 at 03:30 +0000, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
> > > >
> 
> > >
> > > I think the extra work Kalle meant is what I mentioned previously --
> > > need functions to convert old tables v1, v2, ... to current. Like,
> > >
> >
> > struct table_v1 { // from file
> >    __le32 channel_tx_power[10];
> > };
> >
> > struct table_v2 { // from file
> >    __le32 channel_tx_power[20];
> > };
> >
> > struct table {    // from file, the latest version of current use
> >    __le32 channel_tx_power[30];
> > };
> >
> > struct table_cpu {  // current table in cpu order
> >    u32 channel_tx_power[30];
> > };
> >
> > To make example clearer, I change the name of fields, because the thing I
> > want to mention is not register table that wouldn't need conversion.
> 
> Right, the file format would have to be __le32 (or __be32), but that's
> pretty easy to handle while writing it to the device?
> 
> Not sure I understand the other thing about conversion.

Right. If all elements are the same type (e.g. __le32), it would be much easier.
The difficulty I want to say is backward compatibility.

> 
> > > If loading a table_v1 table, for example, we need to convert to table_cpu by
> > > some rules. Also, maybe we need to disable some features relay on the values
> > > introduced by table_cpu. I think it will work, but just add some flags and
> > > rules to handle them.
> 
> But wouldn't this basically be tied to a driver? I mean you could have a
> file called "rtlwifi/rtlxyz.v1.tables" that the driver in kernel 6.4
> loads, and ...v2... that the driver in 6.5 loads, and requires for
> operation?
> 
> Then again - it'd be better if the driver in 6.5 can deal with it if a
> user didn't install the v2 file yet, is that what you meant?

Yes, this is my point, and I think 6.5 _must_ deal with v1 file.

Considering below artificial drama: 

1. kernel 6.4, driver support 2GHz channels only (table v1)
   __le32 channel_tx_power_v1[2GHz_NUM]

2. kernel 6.5, driver support 2 + 5GHz channels (table v2)
   __le32 channel_tx_power_v2[2GHz_NUM + 5GHz_NUM]

   A user could not install v2, so I need a conversion, like
   convert_v1_to_v2(struct table_v1 *v1, struct table_v2 *v2) // also disable 5GHz channels

3. kernel 6.6, driver support 2 + 5 + 6GHz channels (table v3)
   __le32 channel_tx_power_v2[2GHz_NUM + 5GHz_NUM + 6GHz_NUM]
   A user could not install v3, so I need an additional conversion, like
   convert_v2_to_v3(struct table_v2 *v2, struct table_v3 *v3) // also disable 6GHz channels

If more table versions are introduced, more conversions are needed. Also,
I'm not sure how these tables can change in the future, so the conversion
may be complicated if they have a big change for certain reason. 

My point is that this work is possible, but introduce some extra works that
maybe look a little dirty. 

Ping-Ke
Kalle Valo April 28, 2023, 8:50 a.m. UTC | #16
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:

> On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:47:26 +0000 (UTC) Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> here's a pull request to net-next tree, more info below. Please let me know if
>> there are any problems.
>
> Sparse warning to follow up on:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25: warning: invalid assignment: |=
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25:    left side has type restricted __le32
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c:1091:25:    right side has type unsigned long

This patch should fix it:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/16fa938373e3b145cb07a2c98d2428fea2abadba.1682285873.git.ryder.lee@mediatek.com/
Kalle Valo April 28, 2023, 10:37 a.m. UTC | #17
Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com> writes:

>> > > If loading a table_v1 table, for example, we need to convert to table_cpu by
>> > > some rules. Also, maybe we need to disable some features relay on the values
>> > > introduced by table_cpu. I think it will work, but just add some flags and
>> > > rules to handle them.
>> 
>> But wouldn't this basically be tied to a driver? I mean you could have a
>> file called "rtlwifi/rtlxyz.v1.tables" that the driver in kernel 6.4
>> loads, and ...v2... that the driver in 6.5 loads, and requires for
>> operation?
>> 
>> Then again - it'd be better if the driver in 6.5 can deal with it if a
>> user didn't install the v2 file yet, is that what you meant?
>
> Yes, this is my point, and I think 6.5 _must_ deal with v1 file.

I agree. In this example the time between v6.4 and v6.5 is roughly three
months, so we can't drop v1 support that fast as there will be people
upgrading their kernels but don't have the v2 firmware file yet.

I would say supporting one year is too short (think LTS distros etc) so
to be on the safe side we should support old firmware files at least for
two years. That's a long time.

> Considering below artificial drama: 
>
> 1. kernel 6.4, driver support 2GHz channels only (table v1)
>    __le32 channel_tx_power_v1[2GHz_NUM]
>
> 2. kernel 6.5, driver support 2 + 5GHz channels (table v2)
>    __le32 channel_tx_power_v2[2GHz_NUM + 5GHz_NUM]
>
>    A user could not install v2, so I need a conversion, like
>    convert_v1_to_v2(struct table_v1 *v1, struct table_v2 *v2) // also
> disable 5GHz channels
>
> 3. kernel 6.6, driver support 2 + 5 + 6GHz channels (table v3)
>    __le32 channel_tx_power_v2[2GHz_NUM + 5GHz_NUM + 6GHz_NUM]
>    A user could not install v3, so I need an additional conversion, like
>    convert_v2_to_v3(struct table_v2 *v2, struct table_v3 *v3) // also
> disable 6GHz channels

This is exactly what I'm worried about. And we have also the case that
user space doesn't have the initval.bin file at all so we need to have
initvals in kernel for something like two years.

> If more table versions are introduced, more conversions are needed. Also,
> I'm not sure how these tables can change in the future, so the conversion
> may be complicated if they have a big change for certain reason. 
>
> My point is that this work is possible, but introduce some extra works that
> maybe look a little dirty. 

Also I agree here. This creates complexity and that of course increases
the risk of bugs. Even if it sounds simple, in practise it's not. Of
course if the initvals don't change then it's easier, but I would not
rely on that.
Kalle Valo April 28, 2023, 10:43 a.m. UTC | #18
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> writes:

> On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:38:17 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
>> IIRC we discussed this back in initial rtw88 or rtw89 driver review (not
>> sure which one). At the time I pushed for the current solution to have
>> the initvals in static variables just to avoid any backwards
>> compatibility issues. I agree that the initvals in .c files are ugly but
>> is it worth all the extra effort and complexity to move them outside the
>> kernel? I'm starting to lean towards it's not worth all the extra work.
>
> I don't think it's that much extra work, the driver requires FW
> according to modinfo, anyway, so /lib/firmware is already required.
> And on smaller systems with few hundred MB of RAM it'd be nice to not
> hold all the stuff in kernel memory, I'd think.

Later in this thread Ping explained pretty well the challenges here,
that sums exactly what I'm worried about.

> We have a rule against putting FW as a static table in the driver
> source, right? Or did we abandon that? Isn't this fundamentally similar?

My understanding is that these are just initialisation values for
hardware, not executable code. (Ping, please correct me if I
misunderstood.) So that's why I thought these are ok to have in kernel.
So I took practicality over elegance here.
Jakub Kicinski May 1, 2023, 10:08 p.m. UTC | #19
On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:43:16 +0300 Kalle Valo wrote:
> > I don't think it's that much extra work, the driver requires FW
> > according to modinfo, anyway, so /lib/firmware is already required.
> > And on smaller systems with few hundred MB of RAM it'd be nice to not
> > hold all the stuff in kernel memory, I'd think.  
> 
> Later in this thread Ping explained pretty well the challenges here,
> that sums exactly what I'm worried about.
> 
> > We have a rule against putting FW as a static table in the driver
> > source, right? Or did we abandon that? Isn't this fundamentally similar?  
> 
> My understanding is that these are just initialisation values for
> hardware, not executable code. (Ping, please correct me if I
> misunderstood.) So that's why I thought these are ok to have in kernel.
> So I took practicality over elegance here.

Alright, I'll try to make someone else do this outside of wireless,
and come back with real life experience disproving the concerns :)