On Fri 25 Sep 11:29 PDT 2020, Amit Pundir wrote:
> 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 in the
> ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync(). But 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 DeviceTree quirk to skip host capability
> QMI request for the firmware versions which do not support this
> feature.
>
> Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.anders...@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pun...@linaro.org>
> ---
> .../devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.txt | 5 +++++
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c | 13
> ++++++++++---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c | 3 +++
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.txt
> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.txt
> index 65ee68efd574..135c7ecd4487 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/wireless/qcom,ath10k.txt
> @@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ Optional properties:
> Value type: <empty>
> Definition: Quirk specifying that the firmware expects the 8bit version
> of the host capability QMI request
> +- qcom,snoc-host-cap-skip-quirk:
> + Usage: Optional
> + Value type: <empty>
> + Definition: Quirk specifying that the firmware wants to skip the host
> + capability QMI request
> - qcom,xo-cal-data: xo cal offset to be configured in xo trim register.
>
> - qcom,msa-fixed-perm: Boolean context flag to disable SCM call for
> statically
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
> index 5468a41e928e..5adff7695e18 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
> @@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ 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);
> @@ -781,9 +782,15 @@ 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)) {
Could have made this an early return inside
ath10k_qmi_host_cap_send_sync(), but this works.
Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.anders...@linaro.org>
Regards,
Bjorn
> + 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 354d49b1cd45..4efbf1339c80 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
> @@ -1281,6 +1281,9 @@ 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 a3dd06f6ac62..2a0045f0af7e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h
> @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum ath10k_snoc_flags {
> ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_UNREGISTERING,
> ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_RECOVERY,
> ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_8BIT_HOST_CAP_QUIRK,
> + ATH10K_SNOC_FLAG_SKIP_HOST_CAP_QUIRK,
> };
>
> struct clk_bulk_data;
> --
> 2.7.4
>
