Hi Tony, > > When working with wl18xx the nvs file is used for defining an alternate > > mac address and override the default mac address that is stored inside > > the wl18xx chip. > > > > The following commits: > > c815fde wlcore: spi: Populate config firmware data > > d776fc8 wlcore: sdio: Populate config firmware data > > > > Populated the nvs entry for wilink6 and wilink7 only while it is > > still needed for wilink8 as well. > > This broke user space backward compatibility when upgrading from older > > kernels, as the alternate mac address would not be read from the nvs that is > > already present in the file system (lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271- > nvs.bin) > > causing mac address change of the wlan interface. > > > > This patch fix this and update the structure field with the same default nvs > file > > name that has been used before. > > I think more checks on the nvs file being used are needed to avoid other > nasty issues, see the comments I just made in the earlier version of this > patch. > Just replied on your comments for v1 Best Regards, Eyal
