Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] firmware: qcom: scm: Add support for setting Bluetooth power modes

George Moussalem <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 17:15:36 +0400
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On 7/1/26 14:40, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> On 6/29/26 3:01 PM, George Moussalem via B4 Relay wrote:
>> From: George Moussalem <[email protected]>
>>
>> The Bluetooth subsystem (BTSS) on the IPQ5018 SoC supports setting power
>> modes which are required to be configured through a Secure Channel
>> Manager (SCM) call to TrustZone. However, not all Trusted Execution
>> Environment (QSEE) images support this call, so first check if the call
>> is available.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: George Moussalem <[email protected]>
>> ---
> 
> I'm amazed changing this setting is a secure operation
> 
> [...]
> 
>> +/**
>> + * qcom_scm_pas_set_bluetooth_power_mode() - Configure power optimization mode
>> + *					     for the Bluetooth subsystem (BTSS)
>> + * @pas_id:	peripheral authentication service id
>> + * @val:	0x0 for normal operation, 0x4 for ECO mode
> 
> If there's just two values, maybe we should make this take a `bool eco_mode`?

that was the direction I was going in initially but then thought that
there may be more (undocumented) power modes I'm unaware off so changed
it to u32. I'll change it back to bool.

> 
>> + *
>> + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure.
>> + * Returns -EOPNOTSUPP if the firmware configuration call is unavailable.
>> + */
>> +int qcom_scm_pas_set_bluetooth_power_mode(u32 pas_id, u32 val)
>> +{
>> +	if (!__qcom_scm_is_call_available(__scm->dev, QCOM_SCM_SVC_PIL,
>> +					  QCOM_SCM_PIL_PAS_BT_PWR_MODE))
>> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> +
>> +	return __qcom_scm_pas_set_bluetooth_power_mode(pas_id, val);
> 
> Let's just inline the whole definition here - it's single-use anyway

will update, thanks.

> 
> Konrad

Cheers,
George