RE: [v5] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

From: Reizer, Eyal
Date: Mon Aug 07 2017 - 03:46:53 EST


Hi Tony,
>
> * Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@xxxxxx> [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