[PATCH v3 0/3] ath10k: Introduce a devicetree quirk to skip host cap QMI requests

[PATCH v3 0/3] ath10k: Introduce a devicetree quirk to skip host cap QMI requests

[David Heidelberg via B4 Relay]

This quirk is used so far used on:
 - LG G7 ThinQ
 - Xiaomi Poco F1

I'm resending it after ~ 4 years since initial send due to Snapdragon
845 being one of best supported platform for mobile phones running
Linux, so it would be shame to not have shiny support.

Original thread:
  https://lore.kernel.org/all/b796bfee-b753-479a-a8d6-ba1fe3ee6222@ixit.cz/

I tried the embedding the information inside the firmware, but the
information is required *before* loading the firmware itself.
Firmware quirk thread:
  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20251111-xiaomi-beryllium-firmware-v1-0-836b9c51ad86@ixit.cz/

Until merged, available also at:
  https://codeberg.org/sdm845/linux/commits/branch/b4/skip-host-cam-qmi-req

Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
---
Changes in v3:
- Rebased on recent linux-next (next-20260325).
- Improved motivation and description. (Dmitry)
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251110-skip-host-cam-qmi-req-v2-0-0daf485a987a@ixit.cz

---
Amit Pundir (3):
      dt-bindings: wireless: ath10k: Introduce quirk to skip host cap QMI requests
      ath10k: Introduce a device-tree quirk to skip host cap QMI requests
      arm64: dts: qcom: sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium: Enable ath10k host-cap skip quirk

 .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.yaml       |  6 ++++++
 .../arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium-common.dtsi |  1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c                       | 13 ++++++++++---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c                      |  3 +++
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h                      |  1 +
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 85964cdcad0fac9a0eb7b87a0f9d88cc074b854c
change-id: 20251110-skip-host-cam-qmi-req-e155628ebc39

Best regards,
-- 
David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>

[PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: wireless: ath10k: Introduce quirk to skip host cap QMI requests

[David Heidelberg via B4 Relay]

From: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>

Introducing this quirk to skip host capability QMI request for the firmware
versions which do not support this feature.

Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.yaml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.yaml
index f2440d39b7ebc..5120b3589ab57 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.yaml
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ properties:
       Quirk specifying that the firmware expects the 8bit version
       of the host capability QMI request
 
+  qcom,snoc-host-cap-skip-quirk:
+    type: boolean
+    description:
+      Quirk specifying that the firmware wants to skip the host
+      capability QMI request
+
   qcom,xo-cal-data:
     $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
     description:

-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH v3 2/3] ath10k: Introduce a device-tree quirk to skip host cap QMI requests

[David Heidelberg via B4 Relay]

From: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>

There are firmware versions which do not support host capability QMI
request. We suspect either the host cap is not implemented or there may
be firmware specific issues, but apparently there seem to be a generation
of firmware that has this particular behavior.

For example, firmware build on Xiaomi Poco F1 (sdm845) phone:
"QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=WLAN.HL.2.0.c3-00257-QCAHLSWMTPLZ-1"

If we do not skip the host cap QMI request on Poco F1, then we get a
QMI_ERR_MALFORMED_MSG_V01 error message before loading the firmware in the
ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync(). This error message is not fatal to the
firmware nor to the ath10k driver and we can still bring up the WiFi
services successfully if we just ignore it.

Hence introducing this device-tree quirk to skip host capability
QMI request for the devices with firmware versions which do not support
this feature.

Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c  | 13 ++++++++++---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c |  3 +++
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
index eebd78e7ff6bc..e7f90fd9e9b83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ ath10k_qmi_ind_register_send_sync_msg(struct ath10k_qmi *qmi)
 static void ath10k_qmi_event_server_arrive(struct ath10k_qmi *qmi)
 {
 	struct ath10k *ar = qmi->ar;
+	struct ath10k_snoc *ar_snoc = ath10k_snoc_priv(ar);
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = ath10k_qmi_ind_register_send_sync_msg(qmi);
@@ -819,9 +820,15 @@ static void ath10k_qmi_event_server_arrive(struct ath10k_qmi *qmi)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ret = ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync(qmi);
-	if (ret)
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * Skip the host capability request for the firmware versions which
+	 * do not support this feature.
+	 */
+	if (!test_bit(ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_SKIP_HOST_CAP_QUIRK, &ar_snoc->flags)) {
+		ret = ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync(qmi);
+		if (ret)
+			return;
+	}
 
 	ret = ath10k_qmi_msa_mem_info_send_sync_msg(qmi);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
index f72f236fb9eb3..3106502275781 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
@@ -1362,6 +1362,9 @@ static void ath10k_snoc_quirks_init(struct ath10k *ar)
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(dev->of_node, "qcom,snoc-host-cap-8bit-quirk"))
 		set_bit(ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_8BIT_HOST_CAP_QUIRK, &ar_snoc->flags);
+
+	if (of_property_read_bool(dev->of_node, "qcom,snoc-host-cap-skip-quirk"))
+		set_bit(ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_SKIP_HOST_CAP_QUIRK, &ar_snoc->flags);
 }
 
 int ath10k_snoc_fw_indication(struct ath10k *ar, u64 type)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h
index 1ecae34687c21..46574fd8f84ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ enum ath10k_snoc_flags {
 	ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_MODEM_STOPPED,
 	ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_RECOVERY,
 	ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_8BIT_HOST_CAP_QUIRK,
+	ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_SKIP_HOST_CAP_QUIRK,
 };
 
 struct clk_bulk_data;

-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium: Enable ath10k host-cap skip quirk

[David Heidelberg via B4 Relay]

From: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>

The WiFi firmware used on Xiaomi PocoPhone F1 (beryllium) phone
doesn't support the host-capability QMI request, hence enable
the skip quirk for this device.

Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
---
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium-common.dtsi | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium-common.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium-common.dtsi
index 1298485c42142..950bbcc3bf91f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium-common.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-xiaomi-beryllium-common.dtsi
@@ -661,5 +661,6 @@ &wifi {
 	vdd-3.3-ch1-supply = <&vreg_l23a_3p3>;
 
 	qcom,calibration-variant = "xiaomi_beryllium";
+	qcom,snoc-host-cap-skip-quirk;
 };
 

-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ath10k: Introduce a device-tree quirk to skip host cap QMI requests

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 05:41:13PM +0100, David Heidelberg via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
> 
> There are firmware versions which do not support host capability QMI
> request. We suspect either the host cap is not implemented or there may
> be firmware specific issues, but apparently there seem to be a generation
> of firmware that has this particular behavior.

It needs to be explicit that this happens _before_ firmware-N.bin and
board-M.bin loading. As such, you can't add a quirk to the firmware.bin
(a standard way to handle firmware issues).

> For example, firmware build on Xiaomi Poco F1 (sdm845) phone:
> "QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=WLAN.HL.2.0.c3-00257-QCAHLSWMTPLZ-1"
> 
> If we do not skip the host cap QMI request on Poco F1, then we get a
> QMI_ERR_MALFORMED_MSG_V01 error message before loading the firmware in the
> ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync(). This error message is not fatal to the
> firmware nor to the ath10k driver and we can still bring up the WiFi
> services successfully if we just ignore it.
> 
> Hence introducing this device-tree quirk to skip host capability
> QMI request for the devices with firmware versions which do not support
> this feature.
> 
> Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>

You are sending the patch, but it misses your SoB.

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c  | 13 ++++++++++---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c |  3 +++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry

Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ath10k: Introduce a device-tree quirk to skip host cap QMI requests

[David Heidelberg]

On 25/03/2026 18:15, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 05:41:13PM +0100, David Heidelberg via B4 Relay wrote:
>> From: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
>>
>> There are firmware versions which do not support host capability QMI
>> request. We suspect either the host cap is not implemented or there may
>> be firmware specific issues, but apparently there seem to be a generation
>> of firmware that has this particular behavior.
> 
> It needs to be explicit that this happens _before_ firmware-N.bin and
> board-M.bin loading. As such, you can't add a quirk to the firmware.bin
> (a standard way to handle firmware issues).

Ok, let me send with updated desc :)

> 
>> For example, firmware build on Xiaomi Poco F1 (sdm845) phone:
>> "QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=WLAN.HL.2.0.c3-00257-QCAHLSWMTPLZ-1"
>>
>> If we do not skip the host cap QMI request on Poco F1, then we get a
>> QMI_ERR_MALFORMED_MSG_V01 error message before loading the firmware in the
>> ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync(). This error message is not fatal to the
>> firmware nor to the ath10k driver and we can still bring up the WiFi
>> services successfully if we just ignore it.
>>
>> Hence introducing this device-tree quirk to skip host capability
>> QMI request for the devices with firmware versions which do not support
>> this feature.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
> 
> You are sending the patch, but it misses your SoB.

Oh, sorry bout that.

checkpatch.pl could spot this kind of an issue :P

David>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c  | 13 ++++++++++---
>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c |  3 +++
>>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h |  1 +
>>   3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
David Heidelberg