Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [v9] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 | From | Kalle Valo <> | Date | Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:51:52 +0000 (UTC) |
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"Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com> wrote:
> The following commits: > commit c815fdebef44 ("wlcore: spi: Populate config firmware data") > commit d776fc86b82f ("wlcore: sdio: Populate config firmware data") > > Populated the nvs entry for wilink6 and wilink7 only while it is > still needed for wilink8 as well. > This broke user space backward compatibility when upgrading from older > kernels, as the alternate mac address would not be read from the nvs that > is present in the file system (lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin) > causing mac address change of the wlan interface. > > This patch fix this and update the structure field with the same default > nvs file name that has been used before. > > In addition, some distros hold a default wl1271-nvs.bin in the file > system with a bogus mac address (deadbeef...) that overrides the mac > address that is stored inside the device. > Warn users about this bogus mac address and use the internal mac address > > Fixes: c815fdebef44 ("wlcore: spi: Populate config firmware data") > Fixes: d776fc86b82f ("wlcore: sdio: Populate config firmware data") > Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@ti.com> > Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.co.uk> > Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
d382b9c00782 wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
-- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9911123/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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