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[v2] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

Started by"Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com>
First post2017-07-04 09:00 +0200
Last post2017-07-04 10:50 +0200
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  [v2] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 "Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com> - 2017-07-04 09:00 +0200
    Re: [v2] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> - 2017-07-04 10:30 +0200
      RE: [v2] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 "Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com> - 2017-07-04 10:50 +0200

#1680696 — [v2] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

From"Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com>
Date2017-07-04 09:00 +0200
Subject[v2] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
Message-ID<tZpYt-4Iv-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
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.

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 
already 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.

Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@ti.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c | 1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c
index 2fb3871..f8a1fea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static const struct wilink_family_data wl128x_data = {
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data = {
 	.name = "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name = "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name = "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
 
 static const struct of_device_id wlcore_sdio_of_match_table[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c
index fdabb92..62ce54a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static const struct wilink_family_data wl128x_data = {
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data = {
 	.name = "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name = "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name = "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
 
 struct wl12xx_spi_glue {
-- 
2.7.4

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#1680759

FromTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Date2017-07-04 10:30 +0200
Message-ID<tZrnA-5Ps-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1680696
* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@ti.com> [170703 23:58]:
> 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.
> 
> 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 
> already 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.

I think more checks on the nvs file being used are needed to avoid other
nasty issues, see the comments I just made in the earlier version of this
patch.

Regards,

Tony

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#1680773

From"Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@ti.com>
Date2017-07-04 10:50 +0200
Message-ID<tZrGW-5VQ-25@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1680759
Hi Tony,

> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> > already 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.
> 
> I think more checks on the nvs file being used are needed to avoid other
> nasty issues, see the comments I just made in the earlier version of this
> patch.
> 
Just replied on your comments for v1

Best Regards,
Eyal

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