On Fri, 2023-02-10 at 15:28 -0600, Dan Williams wrote: > > > > In wilc1000, the bus interface is up in probe but we don't have > > access > > to mac address via register until the driver starts the wilc firmware > > because of design limitation. This information is only available > > after > > the MAC layer is initialized. > > So... initialize the MAC layer and read the address, then stop the card > until dev open which reloads and reinits? That's what eg Atmel does For a more modern example, iwlwifi also ;-) You should also load the firmware async, so it becomes: probe -> load firmware firmware success callback - boot device - read information - register with mac80211 - shut down device mac80211 start callback - boot device again - etc. johannes
