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* [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
@ 2017-07-20 12:16 Reizer, Eyal
  2017-07-25 10:22 ` Tony Lindgren
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Reizer, Eyal @ 2017-07-20 12:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kalle Valo, ,Tony Lindgren, linux-wireless, linux-kernel
  Cc: sebastian.reichel

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=20
still needed for wilink8 as well.=20
This broke user space backward compatibility when upgrading from older=20
kernels, as the alternate mac address would not be read from the nvs that i=
s=20
already present in the file system (lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs=
.bin)=20
causing mac address change of the wlan interface.

This patch fix this and update the structure field with the same default nv=
s file=20
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.

Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@ti.com>
---
v2->v3: add a check for default deadbeef... mac address and warn about it

 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c | 10 ++++++++++
 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c |  1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c  |  1 +
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/t=
i/wlcore/main.c
index 60aaa85..37c35aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
@@ -5961,6 +5961,16 @@ static void wl12xx_derive_mac_addresses(struct wl127=
1 *wl, u32 oui, u32 nic)
 	if (nic + WLCORE_NUM_MAC_ADDRESSES - wl->num_mac_addr > 0xffffff)
 		wl1271_warning("NIC part of the MAC address wraps around!");
=20
+	if (oui =3D=3D 0xdeadbe && nic =3D=3D 0xef0000)
+		wl1271_warning("Detected unconfigured mac address in nvs.\n"
+				"in case of using a wl12xx device, your "
+				"device performance may not be optimized.\n"
+				"Please use the calibrator tool to configure "
+				"your device.\n"
+				"When using a wl18xx device the nvs file can "
+				"be removed as a default mac address is "
+				"stored internally.\n");
+
 	for (i =3D 0; i < wl->num_mac_addr; i++) {
 		wl->addresses[i].addr[0] =3D (u8)(oui >> 16);
 		wl->addresses[i].addr[1] =3D (u8)(oui >> 8);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/t=
i/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 =3D =
{
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data =3D {
 	.name =3D "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name =3D "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name =3D "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
=20
 static const struct of_device_id wlcore_sdio_of_match_table[] =3D {
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 =3D {
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data =3D {
 	.name =3D "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name =3D "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name =3D "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
=20
 struct wl12xx_spi_glue {
--=20
2.7.4

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* Re: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
  2017-07-20 12:16 [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 Reizer, Eyal
@ 2017-07-25 10:22 ` Tony Lindgren
  2017-07-25 11:32   ` Reizer, Eyal
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tony Lindgren @ 2017-07-25 10:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Reizer, Eyal; +Cc: Kalle Valo, linux-wireless, linux-kernel, sebastian.reichel

* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@ti.com> [170720 05:17]:
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@ti.com>
> ---
> v2->v3: add a check for default deadbeef... mac address and warn about it
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c |  1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c  |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
> index 60aaa85..37c35aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
> @@ -5961,6 +5961,16 @@ static void wl12xx_derive_mac_addresses(struct wl1271 *wl, u32 oui, u32 nic)
>  	if (nic + WLCORE_NUM_MAC_ADDRESSES - wl->num_mac_addr > 0xffffff)
>  		wl1271_warning("NIC part of the MAC address wraps around!");
>  
> +	if (oui == 0xdeadbe && nic == 0xef0000)
> +		wl1271_warning("Detected unconfigured mac address in nvs.\n"
> +				"in case of using a wl12xx device, your "
> +				"device performance may not be optimized.\n"
> +				"Please use the calibrator tool to configure "
> +				"your device.\n"
> +				"When using a wl18xx device the nvs file can "
> +				"be removed as a default mac address is "
> +				"stored internally.\n");
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < wl->num_mac_addr; i++) {
>  		wl->addresses[i].addr[0] = (u8)(oui >> 16);
>  		wl->addresses[i].addr[1] = (u8)(oui >> 8);

Hmm so why would we ever even use this bogus nvs file? In addition to warning,
I think we should just ignore the bogus nvs file completely.

Regards,

Tony

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* RE: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
  2017-07-25 10:22 ` Tony Lindgren
@ 2017-07-25 11:32   ` Reizer, Eyal
  2017-07-25 11:58     ` Tony Lindgren
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Reizer, Eyal @ 2017-07-25 11:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tony Lindgren; +Cc: Kalle Valo, linux-wireless, linux-kernel, sebastian.reichel



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Lindgren [mailto:tony@atomide.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:22 PM
> To: Reizer, Eyal
> Cc: Kalle Valo; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.=
org;
> sebastian.reichel@collabora.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
>=20
> * Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@ti.com> [170720 05:17]:
> > 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 th=
at 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 defaul=
t 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.
> >
> > Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@ti.com>
> > ---
> > v2->v3: add a check for default deadbeef... mac address and warn about =
it
> >
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c | 10 ++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c |  1 +
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c  |  1 +
> >  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
> > index 60aaa85..37c35aa 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
> > @@ -5961,6 +5961,16 @@ static void wl12xx_derive_mac_addresses(struct
> wl1271 *wl, u32 oui, u32 nic)
> >  	if (nic + WLCORE_NUM_MAC_ADDRESSES - wl->num_mac_addr >
> 0xffffff)
> >  		wl1271_warning("NIC part of the MAC address wraps
> around!");
> >
> > +	if (oui =3D=3D 0xdeadbe && nic =3D=3D 0xef0000)
> > +		wl1271_warning("Detected unconfigured mac address in
> nvs.\n"
> > +				"in case of using a wl12xx device, your "
> > +				"device performance may not be optimized.\n"
> > +				"Please use the calibrator tool to configure "
> > +				"your device.\n"
> > +				"When using a wl18xx device the nvs file can "
> > +				"be removed as a default mac address is "
> > +				"stored internally.\n");
> > +
> >  	for (i =3D 0; i < wl->num_mac_addr; i++) {
> >  		wl->addresses[i].addr[0] =3D (u8)(oui >> 16);
> >  		wl->addresses[i].addr[1] =3D (u8)(oui >> 8);
>=20
> Hmm so why would we ever even use this bogus nvs file? In addition to
> warning,
> I think we should just ignore the bogus nvs file completely.
>=20
While it looks bogus, it is still at least a valid mac address and the chip=
 will function
Using it.
Wilink6/7 doesn't have a  default mac address in hardware (wilink8 does hav=
e one)
so we need to assign one for it so It can work, even if not optimally until=
 configured=20
using the calibrator tool and a unique mac address is assigned to it.

Best Regards,
Eyal

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* Re: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8
  2017-07-25 11:32   ` Reizer, Eyal
@ 2017-07-25 11:58     ` Tony Lindgren
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tony Lindgren @ 2017-07-25 11:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Reizer, Eyal; +Cc: Kalle Valo, linux-wireless, linux-kernel, sebastian.reichel

* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@ti.com> [170725 04:33]:
> > From: Tony Lindgren [mailto:tony@atomide.com]
> > Hmm so why would we ever even use this bogus nvs file? In addition to
> > warning,
> > I think we should just ignore the bogus nvs file completely.
> > 
> While it looks bogus, it is still at least a valid mac address and the chip will function
> Using it.
> Wilink6/7 doesn't have a  default mac address in hardware (wilink8 does have one)
> so we need to assign one for it so It can work, even if not optimally until configured 
> using the calibrator tool and a unique mac address is assigned to it.

But it's not a unique mac address. What we should do in that case is
use a random mac address just like many USB devices do.

Regards,

Tony

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