Re: [PATCH ath-next 01/17] dt-bindings: net: wireless: Add QCN6432 device tree binding documentation

From: Aaradhana Sahu

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 01:30:08 EST




On 10/9/2026 4:00 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 03:53:57PM +0530, Aaradhana Sahu wrote:
>> Add Devicetree binding documentation for the Qualcomm QCN6432 IEEE 802.11be
>> wireless device.
>>
>> QCN6432 is attached to the WCSS Q6 subsystem and is represented as an AHB
>> platform device, even though the Wi-Fi hardware interfaces over PCIe.
>> Document the compatible string and the resources, including the Q6 remote
>> processor phandle, MSI interrupts, SMEM states and memory regions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Aaradhana Sahu <aaradhana.sahu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> .../bindings/net/wireless/qcom,qcn6432-wifi.yaml | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 149 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,qcn6432-wifi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,qcn6432-wifi.yaml
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..97d8885333fa
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,qcn6432-wifi.yaml
>> @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
>> +# Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
>> +%YAML 1.2
>> +---
>> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/net/wireless/qcom,qcn6432-wifi.yaml#
>> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
>> +
>> +title: Qualcomm Technologies QCN6432 wireless device
>> +
>> +maintainers:
>> + - Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> +
>> +description: |
>
> Do not need '|' unless you need to preserve formatting.
>

Thanks for the review. I'll remove the unnecessary | from the description.

>> + Qualcomm Technologies QCN6432 is an IEEE 802.11be Wi-Fi device
>> + associated with the WCSS Q6 subsystem. The device is represented
>> + as a platform device and uses MSI interrupts for its Copy Engine
>> + (CE) and Data Path (DP) rings.
>> +
>> +properties:
>> + compatible:
>> + enum:
>> + - qcom,qcn6432-wifi
>
> Is there qcn6432-something-else as well? Neither commit msg nor
> description explain that.
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>

QCN6432 is a Wi-Fi device supported by the ath12k driver, and there are no
other variants requiring a separate compatible string.
Hence, qcom,qcn6432-wifi is used to identify this device.