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

[Tony Lindgren]

* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@xxxxxx> [170807 00:47]:
> 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.

Care to clarify a bit.. Are you saying wilink8 will use the hardware
mac address in case of bogus nvs file?

Regards,

Tony