linux-kernel - Re: wl1251: NVS firmware data

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Date:	Tue, 9 Dec 2014 00:27:46 +0100
From:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
To:	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@...il.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>,
	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...rom.com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...g0.de>,
	David Gnedt <david.gnedt@...izone.at>
Subject: Re: wl1251: NVS firmware data

On Monday 08 December 2014 21:57:21 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Use your own custom usermode helper for stuff like this, not
> the firmware interface.  But use a binary sysfs file if you
> want, that seems to make sense for it...
> 
> greg k-h

Patch for telling permanent mac address from userspace via sysfs 
file was rejected for inclusion into mainline kernel.

So I do not think that now maintainers of network subsystem allow 
it for nvs data...

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/8/35

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@...il.com

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