Hi Tony, > > * Reizer, Eyal <ey...@ti.com> [170807 00:32]: > > The following commits: > > c815fde wlcore: spi: Populate config firmware data > > d776fc8 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 for a wl18xx device > > also overrides the mac address that is stored inside the device. > > Warn users about this bogus mac address and use a random mac instead > > Hmm looks pretty good to me except for one more thing I just noticed. > > Why don't you just use the hardware mac address instead of a random > mac address on wl18xx device when you see a bogus nvs file? >
I agree that this would have been better but the problem is that hardware mac address is available for wilink8 onlyWilink6/7 don't have one stored. The wlcore code responsible for handling mac address is common code and there is method for detecting between them in this module. Best Regards, Eyal
