[PATCH 2/2] Bluetooth: btbcm: disable read tx power for BeagleV-Ahead

From: Thomas Gerner

Date: Sun Oct 11 2026 - 12:21:58 EST


The bluetooth module of the Ampak AP6203BM is identified by the btbcm
driver as BCM4362A2.

The firmware of the bluetooth module on the BeagleV-Ahead reports a
capability of reading LE tx power. However reading fails. To get
bluetooth working it is necessary to disable reading of LE tx power on
the BeagleV-Ahead board. The disable is implemented in a similar way as
for several Apple boards but uses the board compatible identification
from the DTB as there is no DMI.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gerner <thomas.gerner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c
index 463d59890bef..2d02cc1863d0 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id disable_broken_read_transmit_power[] = {
{ }
};

+static const char *board_broken_read_transmit_power[] __maybe_unused = {
+ "beagle,beaglev-ahead",
+ NULL
+};
+
static int btbcm_read_info(struct hci_dev *hdev)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -537,12 +542,13 @@ static const struct bcm_subver_table bcm_usb_subver_table[] = {
* This currently only looks up the device tree board appendix,
* but can be expanded to other mechanisms.
*/
-static const char *btbcm_get_board_name(struct device *dev)
+static const char *btbcm_get_board_name(struct hci_dev *hdev)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_OF
struct device_node *root __free(device_node) = of_find_node_by_path("/");
char *board_type;
const char *tmp;
+ const char **s;

if (!root)
return NULL;
@@ -550,8 +556,15 @@ static const char *btbcm_get_board_name(struct device *dev)
if (of_property_read_string_index(root, "compatible", 0, &tmp))
return NULL;

+ /* disable broken Read LE Min/Max Tx Power on first board found in list */
+ for (s = board_broken_read_transmit_power; *s; s++)
+ if (!strcmp(tmp, *s)) {
+ hci_set_quirk(hdev, HCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_READ_TRANSMIT_POWER);
+ break;
+ }
+
/* get rid of any '/' in the compatible string */
- board_type = devm_kstrdup(dev, tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
+ board_type = devm_kstrdup(&hdev->dev, tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!board_type)
return NULL;

@@ -577,7 +590,7 @@ int btbcm_initialize(struct hci_dev *hdev, bool *fw_load_done, bool use_autobaud
const struct firmware *fw;
int i, err;

- board_name = btbcm_get_board_name(&hdev->dev);
+ board_name = btbcm_get_board_name(hdev);

/* Reset */
err = btbcm_reset(hdev);
--
2.53.0