Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] wifi: brcmfmac: Rename Cypress 89459 to BCM4355

From: Hector Martin
Date: Sat Feb 11 2023 - 05:09:12 EST


On 10/02/2023 12.42, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
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>> Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] wifi: brcmfmac: Rename Cypress 89459 to BCM4355
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>> The commit that introduced support for this chip incorrectly claimed it
>> is a Cypress-specific part, while in actuality it is just a variant of
>> BCM4355 silicon (as evidenced by the chip ID).
>>
>> The relationship between Cypress products and Broadcom products isn't
>> entirely clear but given what little information is available and prior
>> art in the driver, it seems the convention should be that originally
>> Broadcom parts should retain the Broadcom name.
>>
>> Thus, rename the relevant constants and firmware file. Also rename the
>> specific 89459 PCIe ID to BCM43596, which seems to be the original
>> subvariant name for this PCI ID (as defined in the out-of-tree bcmdhd
>> driver).
>>
>> v2: Since Cypress added this part and will presumably be providing
>> its supported firmware, we keep the CYW designation for this device.
>>
>> v3: Drop the RAW device ID in this commit. We don't do this for the
>> other chips since apparently some devices with them exist in the wild,
>> but there is already a 4355 entry with the Broadcom subvendor and WCC
>> firmware vendor, so adding a generic fallback to Cypress seems
>> redundant (no reason why a device would have the raw device ID *and* an
>> explicitly programmed subvendor).
>
> Do you really want to add changes of v2 and v3 to commit message? Or,
> just want to let reviewers know that? If latter one is what you want,
> move them after s-o-b with delimiter ---

Both; I thought those things were worth mentioning in the commit message
as it stands on its own, and left the version tags in so reviewers know
when they were introduced.

- Hector