On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:53:07PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > Firmware download to the WCN3990 often fails with a 'TLV response size > mismatch' error: > > [ 133.064659] Bluetooth: hci0: setting up wcn3990 > [ 133.489150] Bluetooth: hci0: QCA controller version 0x02140201 > [ 133.495245] Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Downloading qca/crbtfw21.tlv > [ 133.507214] Bluetooth: hci0: QCA TLV response size mismatch > [ 133.513265] Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Failed to download patch (-84) > > This is caused by a vendor event that corresponds to an earlier command > to change the baudrate. The event is not processed in the context of the > baudrate change and is later interpreted as response to the firmware > download command (which is also a vendor command), but the driver detects > that the event doesn't have the expected amount of associated data. > > More details: > > For the WCN3990 the vendor command for a baudrate change isn't sent as > synchronous HCI command, because the controller sends the corresponding > vendor event with the new baudrate. The event is received and decoded > after the baudrate change of the host port. > > Identify the 'unused' event when it is received and don't add it to > the queue of RX frames. > > Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ping Firmware download on WCN3990 is know to be broken for about 6 months. Can we please either apply this patch or discuss possible alternatives? Doing nothing isn't really a great option :/ As mentioned earlier one alternative could be a delay at the right place with a comment why it is needed. Thanks Matthias
