[PATCH ath-next v5] wifi: ath12k: read country code from SMBIOS for WCN7850

Jeff Johnson jeff.johnson at oss.qualcomm.com
Thu Apr 17 20:18:01 PDT 2025


On 4/16/2025 7:42 PM, Kang Yang wrote:
> From: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> 
> Read the country code from SMBIOS and send it to the firmware. The
> firmware will then indicate the regulatory domain information for
> the country code, which ath12k will use.
> 
> dmesg:
> [ 1242.637253] ath12k_pci 0000:02:00.0: worldwide regdomain setting from SMBIOS
> [ 1242.637259] ath12k_pci 0000:02:00.0: bdf variant name not found.
> [ 1242.637261] ath12k_pci 0000:02:00.0: SMBIOS bdf variant name not set.
> [ 1242.927543] ath12k_pci 0000:02:00.0: set current country pdev id 0 alpha2 00
> 
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0-02582-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kang Yang <kang.yang at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> 
> Note: This patch is an old patch in public review written by
> Wen Gong. Just resend it for him.
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20230913105156.17618-1-quic_wgong@quicinc.com/
> 
> v5:
>     1. fix "From" header.
>     2. rebase on tag: ath/main(ath-202504141512).
>     3. change quic email to oss email.
> v4:
>     1. fix assignment error for case ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_ISO.
>     2. rebase on tag: ath/main(ath-202503251458).
> v3:
>     1. rebase on tag: ath-202503172347.
>     2. add branch tag.
>     3. add descripition for Wen Gong.
> v2:
>     1. rebase on tag: ath/main(ath-202502181756).
>     2. rewrite commit message.
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c  | 11 +++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
> index 9b23329f1bf2..b5ade9c7530d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
> @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static void ath12k_core_stop(struct ath12k_base *ab)
>  	/* De-Init of components as needed */
>  }
>  
> -static void ath12k_core_check_bdfext(const struct dmi_header *hdr, void *data)
> +static void ath12k_core_check_cc_code_bdfext(const struct dmi_header *hdr, void *data)
>  {
>  	struct ath12k_base *ab = data;
>  	const char *magic = ATH12K_SMBIOS_BDF_EXT_MAGIC;
> @@ -719,6 +719,28 @@ static void ath12k_core_check_bdfext(const struct dmi_header *hdr, void *data)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	spin_lock_bh(&ab->base_lock);
> +
> +	switch (smbios->country_code_flag) {
> +	case ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_ISO:
> +		ab->new_alpha2[0] = u16_get_bits(smbios->cc_code >> 8, 0xff);
> +		ab->new_alpha2[1] = u16_get_bits(smbios->cc_code, 0xff);
> +		ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_BOOT, "boot smbios cc_code %c%c\n",
> +			   ab->new_alpha2[0], ab->new_alpha2[1]);
> +		break;
> +	case ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_WW:
> +		ab->new_alpha2[0] = '0';
> +		ab->new_alpha2[1] = '0';
> +		ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_BOOT, "boot smbios worldwide regdomain\n");
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_BOOT, "boot ignore smbios country code setting %d\n",
> +			   smbios->country_code_flag);
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&ab->base_lock);
> +
>  	if (!smbios->bdf_enabled) {
>  		ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_BOOT, "bdf variant name not found.\n");
>  		return;
> @@ -758,7 +780,7 @@ static void ath12k_core_check_bdfext(const struct dmi_header *hdr, void *data)
>  int ath12k_core_check_smbios(struct ath12k_base *ab)
>  {
>  	ab->qmi.target.bdf_ext[0] = '\0';
> -	dmi_walk(ath12k_core_check_bdfext, ab);
> +	dmi_walk(ath12k_core_check_cc_code_bdfext, ab);
>  
>  	if (ab->qmi.target.bdf_ext[0] == '\0')
>  		return -ENODATA;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
> index 44e02ebb1071..3f9fcd4d6f20 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
> @@ -175,9 +175,34 @@ struct ath12k_ext_irq_grp {
>  	struct net_device *napi_ndev;
>  };
>  
> +enum ath12k_smbios_cc_type {
> +	/* disable country code setting from SMBIOS */
> +	ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_DISABLE = 0,
> +
> +	/* set country code by ANSI country name, based on ISO3166-1 alpha2 */
> +	ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_ISO = 1,
> +
> +	/* worldwide regdomain */
> +	ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_WW = 2,
> +};
> +
>  struct ath12k_smbios_bdf {
>  	struct dmi_header hdr;
> -	u32 padding;
> +	u8 features_disabled;
> +
> +	/* enum ath12k_smbios_cc_type */
> +	u8 country_code_flag;
> +
> +	/* To set specific country, you need to set country code
> +	 * flag=ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_ISO first, then if country is United
> +	 * States, then country code value = 0x5553 ("US",'U' = 0x55, 'S'=
> +	 * 0x53). To set country to INDONESIA, then country code value =
> +	 * 0x4944 ("IN", 'I'=0x49, 'D'=0x44). If country code flag =
> +	 * ATH12K_SMBIOS_CC_WW, then you can use worldwide regulatory
> +	 * setting.
> +	 */
> +	u16 cc_code;
> +
>  	u8 bdf_enabled;
>  	u8 bdf_ext[];
>  } __packed;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
> index 7af12733a1ff..aee3080a934c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
> @@ -11550,6 +11550,17 @@ static int ath12k_mac_hw_register(struct ath12k_hw *ah)
>  			goto err_unregister_hw;
>  		}
>  
> +		if (ar->ab->hw_params->current_cc_support && ab->new_alpha2[0]) {
> +			struct wmi_set_current_country_arg current_cc = {};
> +
> +			memcpy(&current_cc.alpha2, ab->new_alpha2, 2);
> +			memcpy(&ar->alpha2, ab->new_alpha2, 2);
> +			ret = ath12k_wmi_send_set_current_country_cmd(ar, &current_cc);
> +			if (ret)
> +				ath12k_warn(ar->ab,
> +					    "failed set cc code for mac register: %d\n", ret);

FYI I split this line in pending to fix the ath12k-check:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c:11648: line length of 94 exceeds 90 columns

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ath/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=2d2ccff4c0efa4cb55d0a21c75c6e7162788f9db

> +		}
> +
>  		ath12k_fw_stats_init(ar);
>  		ath12k_debugfs_register(ar);
>  	}
> 
> base-commit: b80c52642c1159c2596776b39b06eb1c2e36baff




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