From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:44084 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752650AbdGCL3s (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2017 07:29:48 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: "Reizer\, Eyal" Cc: "\,Tony Lindgren" , "linux-wireless\@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 References: <8665E2433BC68541A24DFFCA87B70F5B363E1A3D@DFRE01.ent.ti.com> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:29:32 +0300 In-Reply-To: <8665E2433BC68541A24DFFCA87B70F5B363E1A3D@DFRE01.ent.ti.com> (Eyal Reizer's message of "Mon, 3 Jul 2017 10:54:43 +0000") Message-ID: <87y3s5kbc3.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20170703_132951_918053_FDE39A06) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: "Reizer, Eyal" 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 Should we also cc stable? And a Fixes line would be nice. -- Kalle Valo