From 817f1017c40fe8f3d7a17db4208300177e654245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cheng-Hsin Weng <chenweng@qti.qualcomm.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:41:27 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Qualcomm AI Engine Direct - Add direct mode for cli utils

---
 examples/qualcomm/util_scripts/cli.py | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/qualcomm/util_scripts/cli.py b/examples/qualcomm/util_scripts/cli.py
index 76f2b24ca8d..914145c9095 100644
--- a/examples/qualcomm/util_scripts/cli.py
+++ b/examples/qualcomm/util_scripts/cli.py
@@ -354,14 +354,7 @@ def execute(args):
     io_info = get_io_info(args.artifact, compiler_specs)
     logger.info("preparing ADB connection")
 
-    qnn_config = QnnConfig(
-        build_folder=args.build_folder,
-        device=args.device,
-        soc_model=args.soc_model,
-        host=args.host,
-        shared_buffer=args.shared_buffer,
-        target=args.target,
-    )
+    qnn_config = QnnConfig.load_config(args)
     # leverage SimpleADB for e2e inference
     adb = SimpleADB(
         qnn_config=qnn_config,
@@ -641,6 +634,12 @@ def main():
         type=str,
         required=True,
     )
+    sub_execute.add_argument(
+        "--direct_build_folder",
+        help="Path to cmake binary directory for direct_mode. E.g., path/to/build-direct."
+        "If enabled, run self-defined protocol to control fastrpc communication.",
+        type=str,
+    )
     sub_execute.add_argument(
         "-H",
         "--host",