linux-kernel - [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:16:36 +0000
From:   "Reizer, Eyal" <eyalr@...com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        ",Tony Lindgren" <tony@...mide.com>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "sebastian.reichel@...labora.co.uk" 
        <sebastian.reichel@...labora.co.uk>
Subject: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

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@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@...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);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/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 = {
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data = {
 	.name = "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name = "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name = "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
 
 static const struct of_device_id wlcore_sdio_of_match_table[] = {
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 = {
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data = {
 	.name = "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name = "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name = "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
 
 struct wl12xx_spi_glue {
-- 
2.7.4