Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] wifi: ath10k: snoc: support powering on the device via pwrseq

[Luca Weiss]

Hi Dmitry,

On Mon Jan 19, 2026 at 6:07 PM CET, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> The WCN39xx family of WiFi/BT chips incorporates a simple PMU, spreading
> voltages over internal rails. Implement support for using powersequencer
> for this family of ATH10k devices in addition to using regulators.
>
> Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.h |  3 ++
>  2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
> index b3f6424c17d3..f72f236fb9eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/snoc.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  // SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC
>  /*
>   * Copyright (c) 2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
> + * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
>   */
>  
>  #include <linux/bits.h>
> @@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
>  #include <linux/of_device.h>
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>  #include <linux/property.h>
> +#include <linux/pwrseq/consumer.h>
>  #include <linux/regulator/consumer.h>
>  #include <linux/remoteproc/qcom_rproc.h>
>  #include <linux/of_reserved_mem.h>
> @@ -1023,10 +1025,14 @@ static int ath10k_hw_power_on(struct ath10k *ar)
>  
>  	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_SNOC, "soc power on\n");
>  
> -	ret = regulator_bulk_enable(ar_snoc->num_vregs, ar_snoc->vregs);
> +	ret = pwrseq_power_on(ar_snoc->pwrseq);
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> +	ret = regulator_bulk_enable(ar_snoc->num_vregs, ar_snoc->vregs);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto pwrseq_off;
> +
>  	ret = clk_bulk_prepare_enable(ar_snoc->num_clks, ar_snoc->clks);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto vreg_off;
> @@ -1035,18 +1041,28 @@ static int ath10k_hw_power_on(struct ath10k *ar)
>  
>  vreg_off:
>  	regulator_bulk_disable(ar_snoc->num_vregs, ar_snoc->vregs);
> +pwrseq_off:
> +	pwrseq_power_off(ar_snoc->pwrseq);
> +
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int ath10k_hw_power_off(struct ath10k *ar)
>  {
>  	struct ath10k_snoc *ar_snoc = ath10k_snoc_priv(ar);
> +	int ret_seq = 0;
> +	int ret_vreg;
>  
>  	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_SNOC, "soc power off\n");
>  
>  	clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(ar_snoc->num_clks, ar_snoc->clks);
>  
> -	return regulator_bulk_disable(ar_snoc->num_vregs, ar_snoc->vregs);
> +	ret_vreg = regulator_bulk_disable(ar_snoc->num_vregs, ar_snoc->vregs);
> +
> +	if (ar_snoc->pwrseq)
> +		ret_seq = pwrseq_power_off(ar_snoc->pwrseq);
> +
> +	return ret_vreg ? : ret_seq;
>  }
>  
>  static void ath10k_snoc_wlan_disable(struct ath10k *ar)
> @@ -1762,7 +1778,38 @@ static int ath10k_snoc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		goto err_release_resource;
>  	}
>  
> -	ar_snoc->num_vregs = ARRAY_SIZE(ath10k_regulators);
> +	/*
> +	 * devm_pwrseq_get() can return -EPROBE_DEFER in two cases:
> +	 * - it is not supposed to be used
> +	 * - it is supposed to be used, but the driver hasn't probed yet.
> +	 *
> +	 * There is no simple way to distinguish between these two cases, but:
> +	 * - if it is not supposed to be used, then regulator_bulk_get() will
> +	 *   return all regulators as expected, continuing the probe
> +	 * - if it is supposed to be used, but wasn't probed yet, we will get
> +	 *   -EPROBE_DEFER from regulator_bulk_get() too.
> +	 *
> +	 * For backwards compatibility with DTs specifying regulators directly
> +	 * rather than using the PMU device, ignore the defer error from
> +	 * pwrseq.
> +	 */
> +	ar_snoc->pwrseq = devm_pwrseq_get(&pdev->dev, "wlan");
> +	if (IS_ERR(ar_snoc->pwrseq)) {
> +		ret = PTR_ERR(ar_snoc->pwrseq);
> +		ar_snoc->pwrseq = NULL;
> +		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
> +			goto err_free_irq;

I'm fairly sure this is now broken with CONFIG_POWER_SEQUENCING=n since
then pwrseq_get() is returning ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS) which is not handled
here.

I'm observing my ath10k_snoc is now failing to probe "with error -38"
which definitely seems to be related, but I haven't debugged it further
yet.

Regards
Luca