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RE: [PATCH v3 1/2] mwifiex: add manufacturing mode support

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Hi Kalle,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kalle Valo [mailto:kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 10:01 PM
> To: Amitkumar Karwar
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Cathy Luo; Nishant Sarmukadam
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mwifiex: add manufacturing mode support
> 
> Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Hi Kalle,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kalle Valo [mailto:kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 9:20 PM
> >> To: Amitkumar Karwar
> >> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Cathy Luo; Nishant Sarmukadam
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mwifiex: add manufacturing mode support
> >>
> >> Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>
> >> > By default normal mode is chosen when driver is loaded. This patch
> >> > adds a provision to choose manufacturing mode via module
> parameters.
> >> >
> >> > Command to load driver in manufacturing mode insmod mwifiex.ko
> >> > mfg_mode=1 and mfg_firmware=mrvl/firmware.
> >> >
> >> > Tested-by: chunfan chen <jeffc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Why the mfg_firmware module parameter?
> >
> > It's to specify a firmware name.
> 
> Yeah, I got that. But why do you need that? Why not just hardcode the
> firmware name in the driver, which is the normal thing to do?

Ok. I will do this in updated version.

Regards,
Amitkumar
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