From: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
To: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>,
Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: ath10k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Govind Singh <govinds@codeaurora.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: retrieve MAC address from firmware if provided
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 20:26:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5B6F2A47.7070502@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180810233948.144792-1-briannorris@chromium.org>
On 8/11/2018 1:39 AM, Brian Norris wrote:
> Devices may provide their own MAC address via system firmware (e.g.,
You got me confused by using just "firmware" in the subject.
> device tree), especially in the case where the device doesn't have a
> useful EEPROM on which to store its MAC address (e.g., for integrated
> Wifi).
>
> Use the generic device helper to retrieve the MAC address, and (if
> present) honor it above the MAC address advertised by the card.
But this put me back on track ;-)
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 3 +++
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-11 22:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-10 23:39 [PATCH] ath10k: retrieve MAC address from firmware if provided Brian Norris
2018-08-11 18:26 ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2018-08-13 17:14 ` Brian Norris
2018-08-13 18:29 ` Arend van Spriel
2018-08-28 14:33 ` Kalle Valo
2018-08-29 0:14 ` Brian Norris
2018-09-03 16:49 ` Kalle Valo
2018-09-03 16:54 ` Kalle Valo
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