Re: wl1251 NVS calibration data format

Sebastian Reichel
2016-12-17T12:03:58Z

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Hi,

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 12:14:50PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Saturday 17 December 2016 10:37:05 Sebastian Reichel wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:01:48PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > Hi! Do you know format of wl1251 NVS calibration data file?
> > >
> > > I found that there is tool for changing NVS file for wl1271 and
> > > newer chips (so not for wl1251!) at:
> > > https://github.com/gxk/ti-utils
> > >
> > > And wl1271 has in NVS data already place for MAC address. And in
> > > wlcore (for wl1271 and newer) there is really kernel code which is
> > > doing something with MAC address in NVS, see:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tre
> > > e/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/boot.c#n352
> > >
> > > So... I would like to know if in wl1251 NVS calibration file is
> > > also some place for MAC address or not.
> > >
> > > Default wl1251 NVS calibration file is available in linux-firmware:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmwar
> > > e.git/tree/ti-connectivity/wl1251-nvs.bin
> >
> > Pandora people [0] have a description of the format at [1].
> >
> > [0] https://pandorawiki.org/WiFi
> > [1] http://notaz.gp2x.de/misc/pnd/wl1251/nvs_map.txt
>
> Thank you very very much!

You are welcome.

> I tried to search for something, but I have not find anything.
> In that description is something about STA mac address:
>
> 01a 6d //STA_ADDR_L Register Address. (STA MAC Address)
> 01b 54 //
> 01c 00 //STA_ADDR_L Register
> 01d 00 //
> 01e 32 //
> 01f 28 //
> 020 00 //STA_ADDR_H Register Data.
>
> STA would be abbreviation for station and so it should be really set to
> mac address of that chip?

Yes, STA is a common abbreviation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_(networking)

> If yes, that could allow us to set permanent MAC address at time when
> loading & sending NVS calibration data... Exactly same as wl1271 and new
> drivers are working.
>
> I will try to play with driver if it is really truth!

Thanks for your work.

> I already looked into original TI's multiplatform HAL driver for wl1251
> chip (big mess) and found there that there is wl1251 command to read mac
> address from chip. It could be done by this wl1251 function:
>
> wl1251_cmd_interrogate(wl, DOT11_STATION_ID, mac, sizeof(*mac))
>
> (same id as for setting permanent mac address, but opposite to read it)

-- Sebastian

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