From: "Pali Rohár" <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>,
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
David Gnedt <david.gnedt@davizone.at>,
Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>,
Daniel Wagner <wagi@monom.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>,
Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>,
Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] wl1251: Use request_firmware_prefer_user() for loading NVS calibration data
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 10:43:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170127094342.GC24223@pali> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tw8lnei3.fsf@codeaurora.org>
On Friday 27 January 2017 09:33:40 Kalle Valo wrote:
> Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > NVS calibration data for wl1251 are model specific. Every one device with
> > wl1251 chip has different and calibrated in factory.
> >
> > Not all wl1251 chips have own EEPROM where are calibration data stored. And
> > in that case there is no "standard" place. Every device has stored them on
> > different place (some in rootfs file, some in dedicated nand partition,
> > some in another proprietary structure).
> >
> > Kernel wl1251 driver cannot support every one different storage decided by
> > device manufacture so it will use request_firmware_prefer_user() call for
> > loading NVS calibration data and userspace helper will be responsible to
> > prepare correct data.
> >
> > In case userspace helper fails request_firmware_prefer_user() still try to
> > load data file directly from VFS as fallback mechanism.
> >
> > On Nokia N900 device which has wl1251 chip, NVS calibration data are stored
> > in CAL nand partition. CAL is proprietary Nokia key/value format for nand
> > devices.
> >
> > With this patch it is finally possible to load correct model specific NVS
> > calibration data for Nokia N900.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/Kconfig | 1 +
> > drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/Kconfig
> > index 7142ccf..affe154 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/Kconfig
> > @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config WL1251
> > tristate "TI wl1251 driver support"
> > depends on MAC80211
> > select FW_LOADER
> > + select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
> > select CRC7
> > ---help---
> > This will enable TI wl1251 driver support. The drivers make
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
> > index 208f062..24f8866 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/main.c
> > @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int wl1251_fetch_nvs(struct wl1251 *wl)
> > struct device *dev = wiphy_dev(wl->hw->wiphy);
> > int ret;
> >
> > - ret = request_firmware(&fw, WL1251_NVS_NAME, dev);
> > + ret = request_firmware_prefer_user(&fw, WL1251_NVS_NAME, dev);
>
> I don't see the need for this. Just remove the default nvs file from
> filesystem and the fallback user helper will be always used, right?
It is part of linux-firmware repository. And already part of all
previous versions of linux-firmware packages in lot of linux
distributions. So removing it is not possible...
> Like we discussed earlier, the default nvs file should not be used by
> normal users.
But already is and we need to deal with this fact.
--
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-27 9:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-24 16:52 [PATCH 0/6] wl1251: Fix MAC address for Nokia N900 Pali Rohár
2016-12-24 16:52 ` [PATCH 1/6] firmware: Add request_firmware_prefer_user() function Pali Rohár
2016-12-24 16:52 ` [PATCH 2/6] wl1251: Use request_firmware_prefer_user() for loading NVS calibration data Pali Rohár
2016-12-25 20:15 ` Arend Van Spriel
2016-12-25 20:46 ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-26 15:43 ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-26 16:04 ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-26 16:35 ` Pavel Machek
2017-01-03 17:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-03 19:02 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-05-04 2:28 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-12 20:55 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-01-27 7:33 ` Kalle Valo
2017-01-27 8:58 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-01-27 9:43 ` Pali Rohár [this message]
2017-01-27 10:05 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-01-27 10:10 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 10:19 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-01-27 10:34 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 11:49 ` Kalle Valo
2017-01-27 11:57 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 12:26 ` Kalle Valo
2017-01-27 12:53 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-01-27 13:16 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 13:11 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 15:23 ` Kalle Valo
2017-01-27 15:41 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 19:40 ` Pavel Machek
2017-01-30 17:53 ` Tony Lindgren
2017-01-30 18:03 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-31 6:35 ` Kalle Valo
2017-01-31 15:59 ` Tony Lindgren
2017-02-01 8:33 ` Pali Rohár
2017-02-01 9:35 ` Michal Kazior
2017-01-29 17:10 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-01-27 12:03 ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 16:52 ` [PATCH 3/6] wl1251: Update wl->nvs_len after wl->nvs is valid Pali Rohár
2016-12-24 18:02 ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 16:52 ` [PATCH 4/6] wl1251: Generate random MAC address only if driver does not have valid Pali Rohár
2016-12-24 18:08 ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 18:38 ` Pali Rohár
2016-12-24 16:53 ` [PATCH 5/6] wl1251: Parse and use MAC address from supplied NVS data Pali Rohár
2016-12-24 18:14 ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 18:40 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 7:54 ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-24 16:53 ` [PATCH 6/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to " Pali Rohár
2016-12-24 18:17 ` Pavel Machek
2016-12-24 18:44 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 7:56 ` Kalle Valo
2017-01-27 9:05 ` Pali Rohár
2017-01-27 9:30 ` Kalle Valo
2017-11-09 23:38 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] wl1251: Fix MAC address for Nokia N900 Pali Rohár
2017-11-09 23:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] wl1251: Update wl->nvs_len after wl->nvs is valid Pali Rohár
2018-02-27 13:51 ` [v2,1/6] " Kalle Valo
2018-02-27 13:51 ` Kalle Valo
2017-11-09 23:38 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] wl1251: Generate random MAC address only if driver does not have valid Pali Rohár
2017-11-09 23:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] wl1251: Parse and use MAC address from supplied NVS data Pali Rohár
2017-11-09 23:38 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to " Pali Rohár
2017-11-09 23:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] firmware: Add request_firmware_prefer_user() function Pali Rohár
2017-11-10 20:26 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-10 20:28 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-10 21:08 ` Pali Rohár
2017-11-10 23:35 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-11-09 23:38 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] wl1251: Use request_firmware_prefer_user() for loading NVS calibration data Pali Rohár
2018-01-02 19:23 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] wl1251: Fix MAC address for Nokia N900 Pali Rohár
2018-01-05 1:45 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-01-27 14:14 ` Pali Rohár
2018-02-19 8:27 ` Kalle Valo
[not found] <0fd90416-f33c-a6be-14fd-5e964583e9cb@broadcom.com>
2017-05-15 23:13 ` [PATCH 2/6] wl1251: Use request_firmware_prefer_user() for loading NVS calibration data Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-16 8:41 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-05-16 23:57 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-23 21:53 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-06-30 21:35 ` Arend van Spriel
2017-08-10 19:43 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-05-17 12:06 ` Johannes Berg
2017-05-17 12:53 ` Pali Rohár
2017-05-17 13:04 ` Johannes Berg
2017-05-17 13:21 ` Pali Rohár
2017-05-17 13:22 ` Johannes Berg
2017-05-18 0:08 ` Bjorn Andersson
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