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Message-Id: <20251226075621.3223336-2-shuai.zhang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:56:21 +0800
From: Shuai Zhang <shuai.zhang@....qualcomm.com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>
Cc: linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cheng.jiang@....qualcomm.com,
        quic_chezhou@...cinc.com, wei.deng@....qualcomm.com,
        jinwang.li@....qualcomm.com, mengshi.wu@....qualcomm.com,
        shuai.zhang@....qualcomm.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/1] Bluetooth: btqca: Add WCN6855 firmware priority selection feature

Historically, WCN685x and QCA2066 shared the same firmware files.
Now, changes are planned for the firmware that will make it incompatible
with QCA2066, so a new firmware name is required for WCN685x.

To code uniformity, move WCN7850 workaround to the caller.

Test Steps:
 - Boot device
 - Check the BTFW loading status via dmesg

Sanity pass and Test Log:
QCA Downloading qca/wcnhpbftfw21.tlv
Direct firmware load for qca/wcnhpbftfw21.tlv failed with error -2
QCA Downloading qca/hpbftfw21.tlv

Signed-off-by: Shuai Zhang <shuai.zhang@....qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c
index 7c958d606..81b0208cf 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c
@@ -581,28 +581,11 @@ static int qca_download_firmware(struct hci_dev *hdev,
 
 	ret = request_firmware(&fw, config->fwname, &hdev->dev);
 	if (ret) {
-		/* For WCN6750, if mbn file is not present then check for
-		 * tlv file.
-		 */
-		if (soc_type == QCA_WCN6750 && config->type == ELF_TYPE_PATCH) {
-			bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "QCA Failed to request file: %s (%d)",
-				   config->fwname, ret);
-			config->type = TLV_TYPE_PATCH;
-			snprintf(config->fwname, sizeof(config->fwname),
-				 "qca/msbtfw%02x.tlv", rom_ver);
-			bt_dev_info(hdev, "QCA Downloading %s", config->fwname);
-			ret = request_firmware(&fw, config->fwname, &hdev->dev);
-			if (ret) {
-				bt_dev_err(hdev, "QCA Failed to request file: %s (%d)",
-					   config->fwname, ret);
-				return ret;
-			}
-		}
 		/* If the board-specific file is missing, try loading the default
 		 * one, unless that was attempted already.
 		 */
-		else if (config->type == TLV_TYPE_NVM &&
-			 qca_get_alt_nvm_file(config->fwname, sizeof(config->fwname))) {
+		if (config->type == TLV_TYPE_NVM &&
+		    qca_get_alt_nvm_file(config->fwname, sizeof(config->fwname))) {
 			bt_dev_info(hdev, "QCA Downloading %s", config->fwname);
 			ret = request_firmware(&fw, config->fwname, &hdev->dev);
 			if (ret) {
@@ -847,8 +830,12 @@ int qca_uart_setup(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate,
 				 "qca/msbtfw%02x.mbn", rom_ver);
 			break;
 		case QCA_WCN6855:
+			/* Due to historical reasons, WCN685x chip has been using firmware
+			 * without the "wcn" prefix. The mapping between the chip and its
+			 * corresponding firmware has now been corrected.
+			 */
 			snprintf(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname),
-				 "qca/hpbtfw%02x.tlv", rom_ver);
+				 "qca/wcnhpbtfw%02x.tlv", rom_ver);
 			break;
 		case QCA_WCN7850:
 			snprintf(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname),
@@ -862,8 +849,26 @@ int qca_uart_setup(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate,
 
 	err = qca_download_firmware(hdev, &config, soc_type, rom_ver);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		bt_dev_err(hdev, "QCA Failed to download patch (%d)", err);
-		return err;
+		/* For WCN6750, if mbn file is not present then check for tlv file.*/
+		if (soc_type == QCA_WCN6750 && config.type == ELF_TYPE_PATCH) {
+			bt_dev_dbg(hdev, "QCA Failed to request file: %s (%d)",
+				   config.fwname, err);
+			config.type = TLV_TYPE_PATCH;
+			snprintf(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname),
+				 "qca/msbtfw%02x.tlv", rom_ver);
+			bt_dev_info(hdev, "QCA Downloading %s", config.fwname);
+			err = qca_download_firmware(hdev, &config, soc_type, rom_ver);
+		} else if (!rampatch_name && soc_type == QCA_WCN6855) {
+			snprintf(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname),
+				 "qca/hpbtfw%02x.tlv", rom_ver);
+			err = qca_download_firmware(hdev, &config, soc_type, rom_ver);
+		}
+
+		if (err) {
+			bt_dev_err(hdev, "QCA Failed to request file: %s (%d)",
+				   config.fwname, err);
+			return err;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Give the controller some time to get ready to receive the NVM */
@@ -923,7 +928,7 @@ int qca_uart_setup(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate,
 		case QCA_WCN6855:
 			qca_read_fw_board_id(hdev, &boardid);
 			qca_get_nvm_name_by_board(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname),
-						  "hpnv", soc_type, ver, rom_ver, boardid);
+						  "wcnhpnv", soc_type, ver, rom_ver, boardid);
 			break;
 		case QCA_WCN7850:
 			qca_get_nvm_name_by_board(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname),
@@ -937,8 +942,15 @@ int qca_uart_setup(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate,
 
 	err = qca_download_firmware(hdev, &config, soc_type, rom_ver);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		bt_dev_err(hdev, "QCA Failed to download NVM (%d)", err);
-		return err;
+		if (!firmware_name && err < 0 && soc_type == QCA_WCN6855) {
+			qca_get_nvm_name_by_board(config.fwname, sizeof(config.fwname),
+						  "hpnv", soc_type, ver, rom_ver, boardid);
+			err = qca_download_firmware(hdev, &config, soc_type, rom_ver);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				bt_dev_err(hdev, "QCA Failed to download NVM (%d)", err);
+				return err;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch (soc_type) {
-- 
2.34.1


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