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Re: [PATCH 10/34] brcmfmac: firmware: Allow platform to override macaddr

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On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 4:37 PM Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Device Tree platforms, it is customary to be able to set the MAC
> address via the Device Tree, as it is often stored in system firmware.
> This is particularly relevant for Apple ARM64 platforms, where this
> information comes from system configuration and passed through by the
> bootloader into the DT.
>
> Implement support for this by fetching the platform MAC address and
> adding or replacing the macaddr= property in nvram. This becomes the
> dongle's default MAC address.
>
> On platforms with an SROM MAC address, this overrides it. On platforms
> without one, such as Apple ARM64 devices, this is required for the
> firmware to boot (it will fail if it does not have a valid MAC at all).
>
> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx>

This looks very helpful.

> +       /* Add space for properties we may add */
> +       size += strlen(BRCMF_FW_DEFAULT_BOARDREV) + 1;
> +       size += BRCMF_FW_MACADDR_LEN + 1;

Add some note to the commit log why you also make space for
boardrev? (Looks useful.) Is the boardrev spacing in the right
patch?

With that addressed:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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