From: Ravindra <ravindra@intel.com>
To: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Cc: chethan.tumkur.narayan@intel.com, kiran.k@intel.com,
Ravindra <ravindra@intel.com>,
Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3] Bluetooth: btintel: read ROM debug registers on FW download failure
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:40:47 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921131047.2780402-1-ravindra@intel.com> (raw)
The bootloader records init sequence progress and debug info in four
core debug registers, useful for debugging FW download failures.
Add btintel_get_rom_debug_info() to issue BTINTEL_GET_ROM_DEBUG_INFO
(0xfcde) and log these registers, and invoke it from every FW download
failure and timeout path: btintel_download_fw() (legacy .sfi flow) and
btintel_prepare_fw_download_tlv() (TLV flow), before resetting to the
bootloader.
Tested by corrupting the operational firmware file to force a
download timeout; the driver logged the debug registers on each
failure and retry, e.g.:
Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware loading timeout
Bluetooth: Intel get rom debug info:
dr0:0x80000001 dr1:0x00000000 dr2:0x00000001 dr3:0x00df0071
Signed-off-by: Ravindra <ravindra@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
---
drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h | 9 +++++++
2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
index 964d2de30e65..5e6d1ddc99c6 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c
@@ -963,6 +963,41 @@ int btintel_send_intel_reset(struct hci_dev *hdev, u32 boot_param)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(btintel_send_intel_reset);
+static void btintel_get_rom_debug_info(struct hci_dev *hdev)
+{
+ struct btintel_rp_get_rom_debug_info *rom_debug_info;
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ skb = __hci_cmd_sync(hdev, BTINTEL_GET_ROM_DEBUG_INFO, 0, NULL,
+ HCI_CMD_TIMEOUT);
+ if (IS_ERR(skb)) {
+ bt_dev_err(hdev, "Failed to send Intel get rom debug info command (%ld)",
+ PTR_ERR(skb));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (skb->len != sizeof(*rom_debug_info)) {
+ bt_dev_err(hdev,
+ "Intel get rom debug info size mismatch (%u != %zu)",
+ skb->len, sizeof(*rom_debug_info));
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ rom_debug_info = (struct btintel_rp_get_rom_debug_info *)skb->data;
+
+ /* A non-zero status here would have already been turned into an
+ * error by the HCI core and reported via the IS_ERR(skb) check above.
+ */
+ bt_dev_info(hdev, "Intel get rom debug info: dr0:0x%08x dr1:0x%08x dr2:0x%08x dr3:0x%08x",
+ le32_to_cpu(rom_debug_info->debug_reg0),
+ le32_to_cpu(rom_debug_info->debug_reg1),
+ le32_to_cpu(rom_debug_info->debug_reg2),
+ le32_to_cpu(rom_debug_info->debug_reg3));
+
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+}
+
int btintel_read_boot_params(struct hci_dev *hdev,
struct intel_boot_params *params)
{
@@ -2212,6 +2247,8 @@ static int btintel_download_fw(struct hci_dev *hdev,
goto done;
}
+ btintel_get_rom_debug_info(hdev);
+
/* When FW download fails, send Intel Reset to retry
* FW download.
*/
@@ -2231,8 +2268,10 @@ static int btintel_download_fw(struct hci_dev *hdev,
* of this device.
*/
err = btintel_download_wait(hdev, calltime, 5000);
- if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
+ if (err == -ETIMEDOUT) {
+ btintel_get_rom_debug_info(hdev);
btintel_reset_to_bootloader(hdev);
+ }
done:
release_firmware(fw);
@@ -2465,6 +2504,8 @@ static int btintel_prepare_fw_download_tlv(struct hci_dev *hdev,
goto done;
}
+ btintel_get_rom_debug_info(hdev);
+
/* When FW download fails, send Intel Reset to retry
* FW download.
*/
@@ -2484,8 +2525,10 @@ static int btintel_prepare_fw_download_tlv(struct hci_dev *hdev,
* of this device.
*/
err = btintel_download_wait(hdev, calltime, 5000);
- if (err == -ETIMEDOUT)
+ if (err == -ETIMEDOUT) {
+ btintel_get_rom_debug_info(hdev);
btintel_reset_to_bootloader(hdev);
+ }
done:
intel_data->cnvi_bt = ver->cnvi_bt;
diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h
index c00f793d9dc8..b3c4c6f87424 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h
@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ struct hci_ppag_enable_cmd {
__le32 ppag_enable_flags;
} __packed;
+#define BTINTEL_GET_ROM_DEBUG_INFO 0xfcde
+struct btintel_rp_get_rom_debug_info {
+ __u8 status;
+ __le32 debug_reg0;
+ __le32 debug_reg1;
+ __le32 debug_reg2;
+ __le32 debug_reg3;
+} __packed;
+
#define INTEL_TLV_TYPE_ID 0x01
#define INTEL_TLV_SYSTEM_EXCEPTION 0x00
--
2.43.0
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