WCN7850 will first attempt to use ELF_TYPE_PATCH,
and if that fails, it will fall back to TLV_TYPE_PATCH.

To code uniformity, move WCN7850 workaround to the caller.


Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuai Zhang <shuai.zhang@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btqca.c
index 7c958d606..0af3e2109 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) {
@@ -861,8 +844,22 @@ int qca_uart_setup(struct hci_dev *hdev, uint8_t baudrate,
 	}
 
 	err = qca_download_firmware(hdev, &config, soc_type, rom_ver);
+	/* For WCN6750, if mbn file is not present then check for
+	 * tlv file.
+	 */
+	if (err < 0 && soc_type == QCA_WCN6750) {
+		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);
+	}
+
 	if (err < 0) {
-		bt_dev_err(hdev, "QCA Failed to download patch (%d)", err);
+		bt_dev_err(hdev, "QCA Failed to request file: %s (%d)",
+			   config.fwname, err);
 		return err;
 	}
 
-- 
2.34.1

On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 05:35:02 +0100, Shuai Zhang
<shuai.zhang@oss.qualcomm.com> said:
> WCN7850 will first attempt to use ELF_TYPE_PATCH,
> and if that fails, it will fall back to TLV_TYPE_PATCH.
>
> To code uniformity, move WCN7850 workaround to the caller.
>
>
> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shuai Zhang <shuai.zhang@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>