RE: [PATCH v3 1/3] mwifiex: register platform specific driver

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Hi Arnd,

Thanks for your review.

> From: linux-wireless-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-wireless-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arnd Bergmann
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 5:40 PM
> To: Amitkumar Karwar
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Nishant Sarmukadam;
> wnhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Xinming Hu
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mwifiex: register platform specific driver
> 
> On Monday 08 February 2016 02:15:26 Amitkumar Karwar wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mwifiex.txt
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mwifiex.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..39b6a74
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mwifiex.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> > +mwifiex
> > +------
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +
> > +  - name : must be "mwifiex"
> 
> This is a very unusual requirement.
> 
> Can you use one of the standard device names instead?
> 

We will make use of marvell-sd8xxx in updated version as per Rob Herring's suggestions.
It includes vendor name and a chipset/device name.


> > +  - compatible : must be "marvell,mwifiex"
> > +
> > +Optional properties:
> > +
> > +  - mwifiex,caldata* : A series of properties with marvell,caldata
> prefix,
> > +                     represent Calibration data downloaded to the
> device during
> > +                     initialization. This is an array of unsigned
> values.
> > +
> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +Tx power limit calibration data is configured in below example.
> > +The calibration data is an array of unsigned values, the length can
> > +vary between hw versions.
> > +
> > +mwifiex {
> > +       compatible = "marvell,mwifiex";
> > +
> > +       mwifiex,caldata_00_txpwrlimit_2g_cfg_set = /bits/ 8 <
> > +0x01 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x08 0x02 0x89 0x01 ...>;
> > +
> > +};
> 
> Should we list the mac-address here as well, or is there always an
> eeprom for that but not the calibration data?

Yes. we do get MAC address along with other info from EEPROM.

Regards,
Amitkumar Karwar
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