Re: Re: [PATCH 1/4] brcmfmac: Add brcm,nvram_file_name dt property

Julian Calaby
2016-06-30T09:33:36Z

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Hi Kalle,

On 30 Jun 2016 6:46 p.m., "Kalle Valo" <kvalo-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel-dY08KVG/lbpWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> >> Since we are dealing with a per-board config-file here, which is
> >> loaded from the os filesystem we really need to specify a basename
> >> here as the list of possible boards is endless, so we cannot
> >> have a lookup table in the driver.
> >
> > As Jonas mentioned the general principle of device tree is to be
> > agnostic with regards to OS and/or driver as you undoubtedly know. His
> > proposal seems like a usable solution for your problem while complying
> > to the device tree principle. So instead of overriding the default
> > brcmfmac should modify it when dt specifies the "module" property, ie:
> >
> > no "module" in DT: nvram filename = brcm/brcmfmac43362-sdio.txt
> > "module=ap6210" in DT: nvram filename =
brcm/brcmfmac43362-ap6210.txt
>
> Just out of curiosity, what does "ap6210" exactly mean? I get that 43362
> is the chip id, but not ap6210. Is it just an arbitrary name?

Ap6210 is a chip that contains a 43362 and probably some Bluetooth chip
also.

Thanks,

Julian Calaby

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