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

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Subject	Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
Date	Mon, 03 Jul 2017 13:40:01 +0200
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"Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com> writes:

> 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.
> update the structure field with the same default nvs file name that has
> been used in the past, otherwise userspace backward compatibility is
> broken 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@ti.com>

Should we also cc stable? And a Fixes line would be nice.

-- 
Kalle Valo

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[PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 "Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com> - 2017-07-03 13:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2017-07-03 13:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2017-07-04 10:20 +0200
      RE: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 "Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com> - 2017-07-04 10:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2017-07-05 10:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@collabora.co.uk> - 2017-07-05 10:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2017-07-06 08:30 +0200

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