* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@xxxxxx> [170807 00:32]: > 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 > 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. > > In addition, some distros hold a default wl1271-nvs.bin in the file > system with a bogus mac address (deadbeef...) that for a wl18xx device > also overrides the mac address that is stored inside the device. > Warn users about this bogus mac address and use a random mac instead Hmm looks pretty good to me except for one more thing I just noticed. Why don't you just use the hardware mac address instead of a random mac address on wl18xx device when you see a bogus nvs file? Regards, Tony
