[PATCH v5 2/3] ath10k: Add device-tree quirk to skip host cap QMI requests

David Heidelberg via B4 Relay
2026-04-07T06:44:00Z

Some firmware versions do not support the host capability QMI request.
Since this request occurs before firmware-N.bin and board-M.bin are
loaded, the quirk cannot be expressed in the firmware itself.

The root cause is unclear, but there appears to be a generation of
firmware that lacks host capability support.

Without this quirk, ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync() returns
QMI_ERR_MALFORMED_MSG_V01 before loading the firmware. This error is not
fatal - Wi-Fi services still come up successfully if the request is simply
skipped.

Add a device-tree quirk to skip the host capability QMI request on devices
whose firmware does not support it.

For example, firmware build
"QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=WLAN.HL.2.0.c3-00257-QCAHLSWMTPLZ-1"
on Xiaomi Poco F1 phone requires this quirk.

Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Paul Sajna <sajattack@postmarketos.org>
Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanthakumar.thiagarajan@oss.qualcomm.com>
Acked-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
---
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;

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2.53.0