[PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_bcm4377: Ignore reserved PHY in ext adv reports on BCM4378

[PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_bcm4377: Ignore reserved PHY in ext adv reports on BCM4378

[Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)]

Commit ed2a2ef16a6b ("Bluetooth: Add quirk to ignore reserved PHY bits in
LE Extended Adv Report") added a quirk to handle creative use of the
reserved bits in the PHY fields for 4388 controllers in Apple silicon.

I observed the same issue with the BCM4378 Bluetooth controller (14e4:5f69,
rev 05) on an Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022):

> HCI Event: LE Meta Event (0x3e) plen 51
      LE Extended Advertising Report (0x0d)
        Num reports: 1
        Entry 0
          Event type: 0x2513
            Props: 0x0013
              Connectable
              Scannable
              Use legacy advertising PDUs
            Data status: Complete
            Reserved (0x2500)
          Legacy PDU Type: Reserved (0x2513)
          Address type: Random (0x01)
          Address: EA:C1:82:F0:24:C6 (Static)
          Primary PHY: Reserved
          Secondary PHY: No packets
          SID: no ADI field (0xff)
          TX power: 127 dBm
          RSSI: -57 dBm (0xc7)
          Periodic advertising interval: 0.00 msec (0x0000)
          Direct address type: Public (0x00)
          Direct address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 (OUI 00-00-00)
          Data length: 25

This results in the firmware rejecting connection attempts with
"Unsupported Feature or Parameter Value" (0x11).

Fix the issue by using the same quirk for BCM4378 devices too.

I tested this locally and confirmed that the issue is resolved.

This was observed when attempting to connect a Kinesis Advantage 360
keyboard to the MacBook.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Fixes: 2e7ed5f5e69b ("Bluetooth: hci_sync: Use advertised PHYs on hci_le_ext_create_conn_sync")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/bluetooth/hci_bcm4377.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_bcm4377.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_bcm4377.c
index 925d0a635945..66d49b471544 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_bcm4377.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_bcm4377.c
@@ -2490,6 +2490,7 @@ static const struct bcm4377_hw bcm4377_hw_variants[] = {
 		.has_bar0_core2_window2 = true,
 		.broken_mws_transport_config = true,
 		.broken_le_coded = true,
+		.broken_le_ext_adv_report_phy = true,
 		.send_calibration = bcm4378_send_calibration,
 		.send_ptb = bcm4378_send_ptb,
 	},

---
base-commit: 0f23d56f17fdfc7db69d51f64c8b91bbab947aa9
change-id: 20260818-fix-bcm4378-ext-adv-0737c3cfd66b

Best regards,
-- 
Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_bcm4377: Ignore reserved PHY in ext adv reports on BCM4378

[Sven Peter]

On 18.08.26 11:49, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> Commit ed2a2ef16a6b ("Bluetooth: Add quirk to ignore reserved PHY bits in
> LE Extended Adv Report") added a quirk to handle creative use of the
> reserved bits in the PHY fields for 4388 controllers in Apple silicon.
> 
> I observed the same issue with the BCM4378 Bluetooth controller (14e4:5f69,
> rev 05) on an Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022):
> 
>> HCI Event: LE Meta Event (0x3e) plen 51
>        LE Extended Advertising Report (0x0d)
>          Num reports: 1
>          Entry 0
>            Event type: 0x2513
>              Props: 0x0013
>                Connectable
>                Scannable
>                Use legacy advertising PDUs
>              Data status: Complete
>              Reserved (0x2500)
>            Legacy PDU Type: Reserved (0x2513)
>            Address type: Random (0x01)
>            Address: EA:C1:82:F0:24:C6 (Static)
>            Primary PHY: Reserved
>            Secondary PHY: No packets
>            SID: no ADI field (0xff)
>            TX power: 127 dBm
>            RSSI: -57 dBm (0xc7)
>            Periodic advertising interval: 0.00 msec (0x0000)
>            Direct address type: Public (0x00)
>            Direct address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 (OUI 00-00-00)
>            Data length: 25
> 
> This results in the firmware rejecting connection attempts with
> "Unsupported Feature or Parameter Value" (0x11).
> 
> Fix the issue by using the same quirk for BCM4378 devices too.
> 
> I tested this locally and confirmed that the issue is resolved.
> 
> This was observed when attempting to connect a Kinesis Advantage 360
> keyboard to the MacBook.
> 
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
> Fixes: 2e7ed5f5e69b ("Bluetooth: hci_sync: Use advertised PHYs on hci_le_ext_create_conn_sync")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sven Peter <sven@kernel.org>

Kinda surprised no one ran into this so far tbh.


Best,


Sven

Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_bcm4377: Ignore reserved PHY in ext adv reports on BCM4378

[patchwork-bot+bluetooth]

Hello:

This patch was applied to bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git (master)
by Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.von.dentz@intel.com>:

On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:49:34 +0100 you wrote:
> Commit ed2a2ef16a6b ("Bluetooth: Add quirk to ignore reserved PHY bits in
> LE Extended Adv Report") added a quirk to handle creative use of the
> reserved bits in the PHY fields for 4388 controllers in Apple silicon.
> 
> I observed the same issue with the BCM4378 Bluetooth controller (14e4:5f69,
> rev 05) on an Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022):
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - Bluetooth: hci_bcm4377: Ignore reserved PHY in ext adv reports on BCM4378
    https://git.kernel.org/bluetooth/bluetooth-next/c/762385e86200

You are awesome, thank you!
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