RE: [PATCH v3] wifi: rtw88: use firmware MAC address as fallback

From: Ping-Ke Shih

Date: Sun Sep 06 2026 - 22:47:31 EST


YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Some devices provide the Wi-Fi MAC address through firmware instead of
> storing a valid address in the Wi-Fi chip efuse.
>
> This is the case on the Xiaomi Mi Box 4, which uses an Amlogic S905L
> SoC and an RTL8723DS Wi-Fi chip. The Wi-Fi MAC address is stored in the
> S905L efuse rather than the RTL8723DS efuse and is provided to the
> device through firmware.
>
> Try to read the MAC address from firmware before falling back to a
> randomly generated address.
>
> Signed-off-by: YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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