RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: rtw8723d: Fix MAC address offset in EEPROM

From: Ping-Ke Shih
Date: Thu Sep 07 2023 - 20:23:44 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:16 PM
> To: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>; Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Yanik
> Fuchs <Yanik.fuchs@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: rtw8723d: Fix MAC address offset in EEPROM
>
> The MAC address is stored at offset 0x107 in the EEPROM, like correctly
> stated in the comment. Add a two bytes reserved field right before the
> MAC address to shift it from offset 0x105 to 0x107.
>
> With this the MAC address returned from my RTL8723du wifi stick can be
> correctly decoded as "Shenzhen Four Seas Global Link Network Technology
> Co., Ltd."

With this correctness, my stick can be recognized as:
" Bus 003 Device 010: ID 0bda:d723 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 802.11n WLAN Adapter"

Should it add a Fixes tag?
Fixes: 87caeef032fc ("wifi: rtw88: Add rtw8723du chipset support")

>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Yanik Fuchs <Yanik.fuchs@xxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>

By the way, this patch should be 'v2' that seems to add more people in
To or Cc fields.

> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8723d.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8723d.h
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8723d.h
> index 3642a2c7f80c9..2434e2480cbe2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8723d.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8723d.h
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct rtw8723du_efuse {
> u8 vender_id[2]; /* 0x100 */
> u8 product_id[2]; /* 0x102 */
> u8 usb_option; /* 0x104 */
> + u8 res5[2]; /* 0x105 */
> u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN]; /* 0x107 */
> };
>
> --
> 2.39.2