diff --git a/drivers/accel/qaic/Makefile b/drivers/accel/qaic/Makefile
index 3f7f6dfde7f2..df02c1c0d6a6 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/qaic/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/accel/qaic/Makefile
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ qaic-y := \
 	qaic_control.o \
 	qaic_data.o \
 	qaic_drv.o \
-	qaic_timesync.o
+	qaic_timesync.o \
+	sahara.o
diff --git a/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_drv.c b/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_drv.c
index d1a632dbaec6..ccfbac88c724 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/qaic/qaic_drv.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "mhi_controller.h"
 #include "qaic.h"
 #include "qaic_timesync.h"
+#include "sahara.h"
 
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DMA_BUF);
 
@@ -635,12 +636,20 @@ static int __init qaic_init(void)
 		goto free_pci;
 	}
 
+	ret = sahara_register();
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_debug("qaic: sahara_register failed %d\n", ret);
+		goto free_mhi;
+	}
+
 	ret = qaic_timesync_init();
 	if (ret)
 		pr_debug("qaic: qaic_timesync_init failed %d\n", ret);
 
 	return 0;
 
+free_mhi:
+	mhi_driver_unregister(&qaic_mhi_driver);
 free_pci:
 	pci_unregister_driver(&qaic_pci_driver);
 	return ret;
@@ -665,6 +674,7 @@ static void __exit qaic_exit(void)
 	 */
 	link_up = true;
 	qaic_timesync_deinit();
+	sahara_unregister();
 	mhi_driver_unregister(&qaic_mhi_driver);
 	pci_unregister_driver(&qaic_pci_driver);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/accel/qaic/sahara.c b/drivers/accel/qaic/sahara.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5da8e166998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/accel/qaic/sahara.c
@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+/* Copyright (c) 2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved. */
+
+#include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+#include <linux/mhi.h>
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+#include "sahara.h"
+
+#define SAHARA_HELLO_CMD		0x1  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_HELLO_RESP_CMD		0x2  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_READ_DATA_CMD		0x3  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_END_OF_IMAGE_CMD		0x4  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_DONE_CMD			0x5  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_DONE_RESP_CMD		0x6  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_RESET_CMD		0x7  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_RESET_RESP_CMD		0x8  /* Min protocol version 1.0 */
+#define SAHARA_MEM_DEBUG_CMD		0x9  /* Min protocol version 2.0 */
+#define SAHARA_MEM_READ_CMD		0xa  /* Min protocol version 2.0 */
+#define SAHARA_CMD_READY_CMD		0xb  /* Min protocol version 2.1 */
+#define SAHARA_SWITCH_MODE_CMD		0xc  /* Min protocol version 2.1 */
+#define SAHARA_EXECUTE_CMD		0xd  /* Min protocol version 2.1 */
+#define SAHARA_EXECUTE_RESP_CMD		0xe  /* Min protocol version 2.1 */
+#define SAHARA_EXECUTE_DATA_CMD		0xf  /* Min protocol version 2.1 */
+#define SAHARA_MEM_DEBUG64_CMD		0x10 /* Min protocol version 2.5 */
+#define SAHARA_MEM_READ64_CMD		0x11 /* Min protocol version 2.5 */
+#define SAHARA_READ_DATA64_CMD		0x12 /* Min protocol version 2.8 */
+#define SAHARA_RESET_STATE_CMD		0x13 /* Min protocol version 2.9 */
+#define SAHARA_WRITE_DATA_CMD		0x14 /* Min protocol version 3.0 */
+
+#define SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE		0xffffU /* MHI_MAX_MTU */
+#define SAHARA_TRANSFER_MAX_SIZE	0x80000
+#define SAHARA_NUM_TX_BUF		DIV_ROUND_UP(SAHARA_TRANSFER_MAX_SIZE,\
+							SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE)
+#define SAHARA_IMAGE_ID_NONE		U32_MAX
+
+#define SAHARA_VERSION			2
+#define SAHARA_SUCCESS			0
+
+#define SAHARA_MODE_IMAGE_TX_PENDING	0x0
+#define SAHARA_MODE_IMAGE_TX_COMPLETE	0x1
+#define SAHARA_MODE_MEMORY_DEBUG	0x2
+#define SAHARA_MODE_COMMAND		0x3
+
+#define SAHARA_HELLO_LENGTH		0x30
+#define SAHARA_READ_DATA_LENGTH		0x14
+#define SAHARA_END_OF_IMAGE_LENGTH	0x10
+#define SAHARA_DONE_LENGTH		0x8
+#define SAHARA_RESET_LENGTH		0x8
+
+struct sahara_packet {
+	__le32 cmd;
+	__le32 length;
+
+	union {
+		struct {
+			__le32 version;
+			__le32 version_compat;
+			__le32 max_length;
+			__le32 mode;
+		} hello;
+		struct {
+			__le32 version;
+			__le32 version_compat;
+			__le32 status;
+			__le32 mode;
+		} hello_resp;
+		struct {
+			__le32 image;
+			__le32 offset;
+			__le32 length;
+		} read_data;
+		struct {
+			__le32 image;
+			__le32 status;
+		} end_of_image;
+	};
+};
+
+struct sahara_context {
+	struct sahara_packet		*tx[SAHARA_NUM_TX_BUF];
+	struct sahara_packet		*rx;
+	struct work_struct		work;
+	struct mhi_device		*mhi_dev;
+	const char			**image_table;
+	u32				table_size;
+	u32				active_image_id;
+	const struct firmware		*firmware;
+};
+
+static const char *aic100_image_table[] = {
+	[1]  = "qcom/aic100/fw1.bin",
+	[2]  = "qcom/aic100/fw2.bin",
+	[4]  = "qcom/aic100/fw4.bin",
+	[5]  = "qcom/aic100/fw5.bin",
+	[6]  = "qcom/aic100/fw6.bin",
+	[8]  = "qcom/aic100/fw8.bin",
+	[9]  = "qcom/aic100/fw9.bin",
+	[10] = "qcom/aic100/fw10.bin",
+};
+
+static int sahara_find_image(struct sahara_context *context, u32 image_id)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (image_id == context->active_image_id)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (context->active_image_id != SAHARA_IMAGE_ID_NONE) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "image id %d is not valid as %d is active\n",
+			image_id, context->active_image_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (image_id >= context->table_size || !context->image_table[image_id]) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "request for unknown image: %d\n", image_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This image might be optional. The device may continue without it.
+	 * Only the device knows. Suppress error messages that could suggest an
+	 * a problem when we were actually able to continue.
+	 */
+	ret = firmware_request_nowarn(&context->firmware,
+				      context->image_table[image_id],
+				      &context->mhi_dev->dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_dbg(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "request for image id %d / file %s failed %d\n",
+			image_id, context->image_table[image_id], ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	context->active_image_id = image_id;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void sahara_release_image(struct sahara_context *context)
+{
+	if (context->active_image_id != SAHARA_IMAGE_ID_NONE)
+		release_firmware(context->firmware);
+	context->active_image_id = SAHARA_IMAGE_ID_NONE;
+}
+
+static void sahara_send_reset(struct sahara_context *context)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	context->tx[0]->cmd = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_RESET_CMD);
+	context->tx[0]->length = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_RESET_LENGTH);
+
+	ret = mhi_queue_buf(context->mhi_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE, context->tx[0],
+			    SAHARA_RESET_LENGTH, MHI_EOT);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unable to send reset response %d\n", ret);
+}
+
+static void sahara_hello(struct sahara_context *context)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	dev_dbg(&context->mhi_dev->dev,
+		"HELLO cmd received. length:%d version:%d version_compat:%d max_length:%d mode:%d\n",
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.version),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.version_compat),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.max_length),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.mode));
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length) != SAHARA_HELLO_LENGTH) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Malformed hello packet - length %d\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length));
+		return;
+	}
+	if (le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.version) != SAHARA_VERSION) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unsupported hello packet - version %d\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.version));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.mode) != SAHARA_MODE_IMAGE_TX_PENDING &&
+	    le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.mode) != SAHARA_MODE_IMAGE_TX_COMPLETE) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unsupported hello packet - mode %d\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(context->rx->hello.mode));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	context->tx[0]->cmd = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_HELLO_RESP_CMD);
+	context->tx[0]->length = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_HELLO_LENGTH);
+	context->tx[0]->hello_resp.version = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_VERSION);
+	context->tx[0]->hello_resp.version_compat = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_VERSION);
+	context->tx[0]->hello_resp.status = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_SUCCESS);
+	context->tx[0]->hello_resp.mode = context->rx->hello_resp.mode;
+
+	ret = mhi_queue_buf(context->mhi_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE, context->tx[0],
+			    SAHARA_HELLO_LENGTH, MHI_EOT);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unable to send hello response %d\n", ret);
+}
+
+static void sahara_read_data(struct sahara_context *context)
+{
+	u32 image_id, data_offset, data_len, pkt_data_len;
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+
+	dev_dbg(&context->mhi_dev->dev,
+		"READ_DATA cmd received. length:%d image:%d offset:%d data_length:%d\n",
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->read_data.image),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->read_data.offset),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->read_data.length));
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length) != SAHARA_READ_DATA_LENGTH) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Malformed read_data packet - length %d\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	image_id = le32_to_cpu(context->rx->read_data.image);
+	data_offset = le32_to_cpu(context->rx->read_data.offset);
+	data_len = le32_to_cpu(context->rx->read_data.length);
+
+	ret = sahara_find_image(context, image_id);
+	if (ret) {
+		sahara_send_reset(context);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Image is released when the device is done with it via
+	 * SAHARA_END_OF_IMAGE_CMD. sahara_send_reset() will either cause the
+	 * device to retry the operation with a modification, or decide to be
+	 * done with the image and trigger SAHARA_END_OF_IMAGE_CMD.
+	 * release_image() is called from SAHARA_END_OF_IMAGE_CMD. processing
+	 * and is not needed here on error.
+	 */
+
+	if (data_len > SAHARA_TRANSFER_MAX_SIZE) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Malformed read_data packet - data len %d exceeds max xfer size %d\n",
+			data_len, SAHARA_TRANSFER_MAX_SIZE);
+		sahara_send_reset(context);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (data_offset >= context->firmware->size) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Malformed read_data packet - data offset %d exceeds file size %zu\n",
+			data_offset, context->firmware->size);
+		sahara_send_reset(context);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (size_add(data_offset, data_len) > context->firmware->size) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Malformed read_data packet - data offset %d and length %d exceeds file size %zu\n",
+			data_offset, data_len, context->firmware->size);
+		sahara_send_reset(context);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SAHARA_NUM_TX_BUF && data_len; ++i) {
+		pkt_data_len = min(data_len, SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE);
+
+		memcpy(context->tx[i], &context->firmware->data[data_offset], pkt_data_len);
+
+		data_offset += pkt_data_len;
+		data_len -= pkt_data_len;
+
+		ret = mhi_queue_buf(context->mhi_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE,
+				    context->tx[i], pkt_data_len,
+				    !data_len ? MHI_EOT : MHI_CHAIN);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unable to send read_data response %d\n",
+				ret);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void sahara_end_of_image(struct sahara_context *context)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	dev_dbg(&context->mhi_dev->dev,
+		"END_OF_IMAGE cmd received. length:%d image:%d status:%d\n",
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->end_of_image.image),
+		le32_to_cpu(context->rx->end_of_image.status));
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length) != SAHARA_END_OF_IMAGE_LENGTH) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Malformed end_of_image packet - length %d\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(context->rx->length));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (context->active_image_id != SAHARA_IMAGE_ID_NONE &&
+	    le32_to_cpu(context->rx->end_of_image.image) != context->active_image_id) {
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Malformed end_of_image packet - image %d is not the active image\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(context->rx->end_of_image.image));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sahara_release_image(context);
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(context->rx->end_of_image.status))
+		return;
+
+	context->tx[0]->cmd = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_DONE_CMD);
+	context->tx[0]->length = cpu_to_le32(SAHARA_DONE_LENGTH);
+
+	ret = mhi_queue_buf(context->mhi_dev, DMA_TO_DEVICE, context->tx[0],
+			    SAHARA_DONE_LENGTH, MHI_EOT);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_dbg(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unable to send done response %d\n", ret);
+}
+
+static void sahara_processing(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct sahara_context *context = container_of(work, struct sahara_context, work);
+	int ret;
+
+	switch (le32_to_cpu(context->rx->cmd)) {
+	case SAHARA_HELLO_CMD:
+		sahara_hello(context);
+		break;
+	case SAHARA_READ_DATA_CMD:
+		sahara_read_data(context);
+		break;
+	case SAHARA_END_OF_IMAGE_CMD:
+		sahara_end_of_image(context);
+		break;
+	case SAHARA_DONE_RESP_CMD:
+		/* Intentional do nothing as we don't need to exit an app */
+		break;
+	default:
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unknown command %d\n",
+			le32_to_cpu(context->rx->cmd));
+		break;
+	}
+
+	ret = mhi_queue_buf(context->mhi_dev, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, context->rx,
+			    SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE, MHI_EOT);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(&context->mhi_dev->dev, "Unable to requeue rx buf %d\n", ret);
+}
+
+static int sahara_mhi_probe(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev, const struct mhi_device_id *id)
+{
+	struct sahara_context *context;
+	int ret;
+	int i;
+
+	context = devm_kzalloc(&mhi_dev->dev, sizeof(*context), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!context)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	context->rx = devm_kzalloc(&mhi_dev->dev, SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!context->rx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/*
+	 * AIC100 defines SAHARA_TRANSFER_MAX_SIZE as the largest value it
+	 * will request for READ_DATA. This is larger than
+	 * SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE, and we need 9x SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE to
+	 * cover SAHARA_TRANSFER_MAX_SIZE. When the remote side issues a
+	 * READ_DATA, it requires a transfer of the exact size requested. We
+	 * can use MHI_CHAIN to link multiple buffers into a single transfer
+	 * but the remote side will not consume the buffers until it sees an
+	 * EOT, thus we need to allocate enough buffers to put in the tx fifo
+	 * to cover an entire READ_DATA request of the max size.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < SAHARA_NUM_TX_BUF; ++i) {
+		context->tx[i] = devm_kzalloc(&mhi_dev->dev, SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!context->tx[i])
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	context->mhi_dev = mhi_dev;
+	INIT_WORK(&context->work, sahara_processing);
+	context->image_table = aic100_image_table;
+	context->table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(aic100_image_table);
+	context->active_image_id = SAHARA_IMAGE_ID_NONE;
+	dev_set_drvdata(&mhi_dev->dev, context);
+
+	ret = mhi_prepare_for_transfer(mhi_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = mhi_queue_buf(mhi_dev, DMA_FROM_DEVICE, context->rx, SAHARA_PACKET_MAX_SIZE, MHI_EOT);
+	if (ret) {
+		mhi_unprepare_from_transfer(mhi_dev);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void sahara_mhi_remove(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev)
+{
+	struct sahara_context *context = dev_get_drvdata(&mhi_dev->dev);
+
+	cancel_work_sync(&context->work);
+	sahara_release_image(context);
+	mhi_unprepare_from_transfer(mhi_dev);
+}
+
+static void sahara_mhi_ul_xfer_cb(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev, struct mhi_result *mhi_result)
+{
+}
+
+static void sahara_mhi_dl_xfer_cb(struct mhi_device *mhi_dev, struct mhi_result *mhi_result)
+{
+	struct sahara_context *context = dev_get_drvdata(&mhi_dev->dev);
+
+	if (!mhi_result->transaction_status)
+		schedule_work(&context->work);
+}
+
+static const struct mhi_device_id sahara_mhi_match_table[] = {
+	{ .chan = "QAIC_SAHARA", },
+	{},
+};
+
+static struct mhi_driver sahara_mhi_driver = {
+	.id_table = sahara_mhi_match_table,
+	.remove = sahara_mhi_remove,
+	.probe = sahara_mhi_probe,
+	.ul_xfer_cb = sahara_mhi_ul_xfer_cb,
+	.dl_xfer_cb = sahara_mhi_dl_xfer_cb,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "sahara",
+	},
+};
+
+int sahara_register(void)
+{
+	return mhi_driver_register(&sahara_mhi_driver);
+}
+
+void sahara_unregister(void)
+{
+	mhi_driver_unregister(&sahara_mhi_driver);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/accel/qaic/sahara.h b/drivers/accel/qaic/sahara.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..640208acc0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/accel/qaic/sahara.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+/* Copyright (c) 2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved. */
+
+#ifndef __SAHARA_H__
+#define __SAHARA_H__
+
+int sahara_register(void);
+void sahara_unregister(void);
+#endif /* __SAHARA_H__ */
