linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

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Date:   Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:29:32 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     "Reizer\, Eyal" <eyalr@...com>
Cc:     "\,Tony Lindgren" <tony@...mide.com>,
        "linux-wireless\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

"Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@...com> 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 <eyalr@...com>

Should we also cc stable? And a Fixes line would be nice.

-- 
Kalle Valo