Re: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Tue Jul 25 2017 - 07:58:15 EST
* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@xxxxxx> [170725 04:33]:
> > From: Tony Lindgren [mailto:tony@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Hmm so why would we ever even use this bogus nvs file? In addition to
> > warning,
> > I think we should just ignore the bogus nvs file completely.
> >
> While it looks bogus, it is still at least a valid mac address and the chip will function
> Using it.
> Wilink6/7 doesn't have a default mac address in hardware (wilink8 does have one)
> so we need to assign one for it so It can work, even if not optimally until configured
> using the calibrator tool and a unique mac address is assigned to it.
But it's not a unique mac address. What we should do in that case is
use a random mac address just like many USB devices do.
Regards,
Tony