In the discuss threads [1] [2], new firmware format break user space
because older drivers can't recognize new firmware format. To avoid this,
the new format will be named rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin and only new driver
try to load it. Old drivers only load original and understandable firmware
rtw89/rtw8852b_fw.bin.
More, new driver will be still backward compatible with old firmware, so
original firmware can be used by new driver.
If there is newer firmware format is introduced, rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-2.bin
will be given. The same rules will be applied like above. So, we will have
firmware like below in linux-firmware in the future.
rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-2.bin
rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin
rtw89/rtw8852b_fw.bin
After this patch, MODULE_FIRMWARE() of 8852A/B/C become
rtw89/rtw8852a_fw.bin
rtw89/rtw8852b_fw-1.bin
rtw89/rtw8852c_fw.bin
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/
df1ce994-3368-a57e-7078-
8bdcccf4a1fd@gmail.com/T/#m24cb43be31a762d0ea70bf07f27ae96c59f6931b
[2] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217207
Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230320130606.20777-4-pkshih@realtek.com
struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev;
struct ieee80211_ops *ops;
u32 driver_data_size;
+ int fw_format = -1;
bool no_chanctx;
- firmware = rtw89_early_fw_feature_recognize(device, chip, &early_fw);
+ firmware = rtw89_early_fw_feature_recognize(device, chip, &early_fw, &fw_format);
ops = kmemdup(&rtw89_ops, sizeof(rtw89_ops), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ops)
rtwdev->ops = ops;
rtwdev->chip = chip;
rtwdev->fw.req.firmware = firmware;
+ rtwdev->fw.fw_format = fw_format;
rtw89_debug(rtwdev, RTW89_DBG_FW, "probe driver %s chanctx\n",
no_chanctx ? "without" : "with");
struct rtw89_chip_info {
enum rtw89_core_chip_id chip_id;
const struct rtw89_chip_ops *ops;
- const char *fw_name;
+ const char *fw_basename;
+ u8 fw_format_max;
bool try_ce_fw;
u32 fifo_size;
u32 dle_scc_rsvd_size;
struct rtw89_fw_info {
struct rtw89_fw_req_info req;
+ int fw_format;
u8 h2c_seq;
u8 rec_seq;
u8 h2c_counter;
const struct firmware *
rtw89_early_fw_feature_recognize(struct device *device,
const struct rtw89_chip_info *chip,
- struct rtw89_fw_info *early_fw)
+ struct rtw89_fw_info *early_fw,
+ int *used_fw_format)
{
union rtw89_compat_fw_hdr buf = {};
const struct firmware *firmware;
bool full_req = false;
+ char fw_name[64];
+ int fw_format;
u32 ver_code;
int ret;
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN_ENFORCE))
full_req = true;
- if (full_req)
- ret = request_firmware(&firmware, chip->fw_name, device);
- else
- ret = request_partial_firmware_into_buf(&firmware, chip->fw_name,
- device, &buf, sizeof(buf),
- 0);
+ for (fw_format = chip->fw_format_max; fw_format >= 0; fw_format--) {
+ rtw89_fw_get_filename(fw_name, sizeof(fw_name),
+ chip->fw_basename, fw_format);
+
+ if (full_req)
+ ret = request_firmware(&firmware, fw_name, device);
+ else
+ ret = request_partial_firmware_into_buf(&firmware, fw_name,
+ device, &buf, sizeof(buf),
+ 0);
+ if (!ret) {
+ dev_info(device, "loaded firmware %s\n", fw_name);
+ *used_fw_format = fw_format;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
if (ret) {
dev_err(device, "failed to early request firmware: %d\n", ret);
{
struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev =
container_of(work, struct rtw89_dev, load_firmware_work);
- const char *fw_name = rtwdev->chip->fw_name;
+ const struct rtw89_chip_info *chip = rtwdev->chip;
+ char fw_name[64];
+
+ rtw89_fw_get_filename(fw_name, sizeof(fw_name),
+ chip->fw_basename, rtwdev->fw.fw_format);
rtw89_load_firmware_req(rtwdev, &rtwdev->fw.req, fw_name, false);
}
return RTW89_FW_HDR_VER_CODE(&compat->fw_hdr);
}
+static inline void rtw89_fw_get_filename(char *buf, size_t size,
+ const char *fw_basename, int fw_format)
+{
+ if (fw_format <= 0)
+ snprintf(buf, size, "%s.bin", fw_basename);
+ else
+ snprintf(buf, size, "%s-%d.bin", fw_basename, fw_format);
+}
+
#define RTW89_H2C_RF_PAGE_SIZE 500
#define RTW89_H2C_RF_PAGE_NUM 3
struct rtw89_fw_h2c_rf_reg_info {
const struct firmware *
rtw89_early_fw_feature_recognize(struct device *device,
const struct rtw89_chip_info *chip,
- struct rtw89_fw_info *early_fw);
+ struct rtw89_fw_info *early_fw,
+ int *used_fw_format);
int rtw89_fw_download(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, enum rtw89_fw_type type);
void rtw89_load_firmware_work(struct work_struct *work);
void rtw89_unload_firmware(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev);
#include "rtw8852a_table.h"
#include "txrx.h"
+#define RTW8852A_FW_FORMAT_MAX 0
+#define RTW8852A_FW_BASENAME "rtw89/rtw8852a_fw"
+#define RTW8852A_MODULE_FIRMWARE \
+ RTW8852A_FW_BASENAME ".bin"
+
static const struct rtw89_hfc_ch_cfg rtw8852a_hfc_chcfg_pcie[] = {
{128, 1896, grp_0}, /* ACH 0 */
{128, 1896, grp_0}, /* ACH 1 */
const struct rtw89_chip_info rtw8852a_chip_info = {
.chip_id = RTL8852A,
.ops = &rtw8852a_chip_ops,
- .fw_name = "rtw89/rtw8852a_fw.bin",
+ .fw_basename = RTW8852A_FW_BASENAME,
+ .fw_format_max = RTW8852A_FW_FORMAT_MAX,
.try_ce_fw = false,
.fifo_size = 458752,
.dle_scc_rsvd_size = 0,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtw8852a_chip_info);
-MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtw89/rtw8852a_fw.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE(RTW8852A_MODULE_FIRMWARE);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Realtek Corporation");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Realtek 802.11ax wireless 8852A driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
#include "rtw8852b_table.h"
#include "txrx.h"
+#define RTW8852B_FW_FORMAT_MAX 1
+#define RTW8852B_FW_BASENAME "rtw89/rtw8852b_fw"
+#define RTW8852B_MODULE_FIRMWARE \
+ RTW8852B_FW_BASENAME "-" __stringify(RTW8852B_FW_FORMAT_MAX) ".bin"
+
static const struct rtw89_hfc_ch_cfg rtw8852b_hfc_chcfg_pcie[] = {
{5, 343, grp_0}, /* ACH 0 */
{5, 343, grp_0}, /* ACH 1 */
const struct rtw89_chip_info rtw8852b_chip_info = {
.chip_id = RTL8852B,
.ops = &rtw8852b_chip_ops,
- .fw_name = "rtw89/rtw8852b_fw.bin",
+ .fw_basename = RTW8852B_FW_BASENAME,
+ .fw_format_max = RTW8852B_FW_FORMAT_MAX,
.try_ce_fw = true,
.fifo_size = 196608,
.dle_scc_rsvd_size = 98304,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtw8852b_chip_info);
-MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtw89/rtw8852b_fw.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE(RTW8852B_MODULE_FIRMWARE);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Realtek Corporation");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Realtek 802.11ax wireless 8852B driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
#include "rtw8852c_table.h"
#include "util.h"
+#define RTW8852C_FW_FORMAT_MAX 0
+#define RTW8852C_FW_BASENAME "rtw89/rtw8852c_fw"
+#define RTW8852C_MODULE_FIRMWARE \
+ RTW8852C_FW_BASENAME ".bin"
+
static const struct rtw89_hfc_ch_cfg rtw8852c_hfc_chcfg_pcie[] = {
{13, 1614, grp_0}, /* ACH 0 */
{13, 1614, grp_0}, /* ACH 1 */
const struct rtw89_chip_info rtw8852c_chip_info = {
.chip_id = RTL8852C,
.ops = &rtw8852c_chip_ops,
- .fw_name = "rtw89/rtw8852c_fw.bin",
+ .fw_basename = RTW8852C_FW_BASENAME,
+ .fw_format_max = RTW8852C_FW_FORMAT_MAX,
.try_ce_fw = false,
.fifo_size = 458752,
.dle_scc_rsvd_size = 0,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtw8852c_chip_info);
-MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtw89/rtw8852c_fw.bin");
+MODULE_FIRMWARE(RTW8852C_MODULE_FIRMWARE);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Realtek Corporation");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Realtek 802.11ax wireless 8852C driver");
MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");