> But LEDE/OpenWRT rely on the firmware loading API more than ever and > currently there is not a replacement for it. .... > I looked into 10-ath9k-eeprom [0] of LEDE's AR71XX target and I noticed > that quite a few devices patch the MACs of the wifi. > If you look at the code for the Airtight C-55 and C-60, Meraki MR18, > Meraki Z1, you'll notice that each one has to add a fixed value (+1, > +2, ...) to the extraced MAC-Address. So how would you replicate this, > with "nvmem-cell-names = address" without some sort of > nvmem-provider-processor? ... > https://github.com/lede-project/source/blob/master/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ath79/dev-eth.c#L1204 > > and grep lists the following devices: > mach-dgl-5500-a1.c, mach-dhp-1565-a1.c, mach-dir-505-a1.c, mach-dir-615-c1.c > mach-dir-615-i1.c, mach-dir-825-b1.c, mach-dir-825-c1.c, mach-tew-673gru.c > mach-tew-712br.c, mach-tew-732br.c, mach-tew-823dru.c I would say a big part of the problem is that all of these use cases are outside of mainline. Why should mainline support something which is not actually used in mainline. So i would suggest your first step is to bring some of these devices into mainline. Once in mainline, it becomes a mainline issue, and people will help get it solved. Andrew
