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Re: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

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* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@xxxxxx> [170725 04:33]:
> > From: Tony Lindgren [mailto:tony@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Hmm so why would we ever even use this bogus nvs file? In addition to
> > warning,
> > I think we should just ignore the bogus nvs file completely.
> > 
> While it looks bogus, it is still at least a valid mac address and the chip will function
> Using it.
> Wilink6/7 doesn't have a  default mac address in hardware (wilink8 does have one)
> so we need to assign one for it so It can work, even if not optimally until configured 
> using the calibrator tool and a unique mac address is assigned to it.

But it's not a unique mac address. What we should do in that case is
use a random mac address just like many USB devices do.

Regards,

Tony



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