[PATCH v7 3/3] PCI: Disable broken bus reset on Qualcomm devices

From: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 07:11:44 EST


Some Qualcomm PCIe devices (WCN6855/WCN7850 WiFi cards, SDX62/SDX65 modems)
do not properly support Secondary Bus Reset (SBR).

Testing confirms this is device-specific, not deployment-specific:
MediaTek MT7925e successfully uses bus reset through the same passive
M.2-to-PCIe adapters where Qualcomm devices fail, proving PERST# is
properly wired through the adapters.

This quirk acts as a safety net, preventing the broken bus reset from being
attempted if users override reset methods (device_specific or d3cold when
available) via sysfs.

Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v7: Address the comments from Jeff Johnson: the problem was detected for
the specific devices WCN6855 and WCN7850, use the name of the devices
instead of the related drivers ath11k and ath12k, which support a large
number of devices
v6: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260602160024.1171949-4-jtornosm@xxxxxxxxxx/

drivers/pci/quirks.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
index 000000000000..111111111111 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
@@ -3789,6 +3789,9 @@ DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0030, quirk_no_bus_reset);
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0032, quirk_no_bus_reset);
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x003c, quirk_no_bus_reset);
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0033, quirk_no_bus_reset);
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x0034, quirk_no_bus_reset);
DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATHEROS, 0x003e, quirk_no_bus_reset);
+DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_QCOM, 0x1103, quirk_no_bus_reset); /* WCN6855 */
+DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_QCOM, 0x1107, quirk_no_bus_reset); /* WCN7850 */
+DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_HEADER(PCI_VENDOR_ID_QCOM, 0x0308, quirk_no_bus_reset); /* SDX62/SDX65 */

/*
* Root port on some Cavium CN8xxx chips do not successfully complete a bus
--
2.53.0