Re: [v6] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 10:47:20AM +0300, Eyal Reizer wrote:
> The following commits:
> commit c815fdebef44 ("wlcore: spi: Populate config firmware data")
> commit d776fc86b82f ("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 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 overrides the mac
> address that is stored inside the device.
> Warn users about this bogus mac address and use the internal mac address
> 
> Fixes: c815fdebef44 ("wlcore: spi: Populate config firmware data")
> Fixes: d776fc86b82f ("wlcore: sdio: Populate config firmware data")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9+
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Reizer <eyalr@ti.com>
> ---
> v2->v3: add a check for default deadbeef... mac address and warn about it
> v3->v4: use a random TI mac address instead of the bogus one
> v4->v5: add constant definition for TI oui address
> v5->v6: after also verifying on wilink6/7 Use mac internal mac address
> instead of a random one
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c |  1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c  |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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