[PATCH] mac80211: brcmfmac: allow setting MAC from NVMEM cells

Tomasz Maciej Nowak tmn505 at terefe.re
Mon Jun 20 05:50:23 PDT 2022


From: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>

The MAC can be stored in OTP memory or in flash memory, currently the
driver could read it only from OTP. Backport the patch allowing setting
the MAC address from flash. Some modules have the OTP programmed but
the ODM/OEM decided to overwrite it with value stored in flash.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>
---
 ...etting-wlan-MAC-address-using-device.patch | 103 ++++++++++++++++++
 ...-in-driver-tables-with-country-codes.patch |   4 +-
 .../mac80211/patches/brcm/998-survey.patch    |   4 +-
 3 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/001-brcmfmac-allow-setting-wlan-MAC-address-using-device.patch

diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/001-brcmfmac-allow-setting-wlan-MAC-address-using-device.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/001-brcmfmac-allow-setting-wlan-MAC-address-using-device.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03d9f8ecd8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/001-brcmfmac-allow-setting-wlan-MAC-address-using-device.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+From 716c220b4d990a4fe7800d0685ca69dee99e4e8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Pavel=20L=C3=B6bl?= <pavel at loebl.cz>
+Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 06:42:46 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: allow setting wlan MAC address using device tree
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+This allows firmware to provide MAC address using device tree. Like in
+case there is no MAC burned in wlan NVRAM.
+
+Signed-off-by: Pavel Löbl <pavel at loebl.cz>
+Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at kernel.org>
+Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220506044246.67146-1-pavel@loebl.cz
+---
+ .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c      | 23 ++++++++++++++-----
+ .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.h      |  1 +
+ .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c        |  4 +++-
+ .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/of.c |  3 +++
+ 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
+@@ -202,13 +202,24 @@ int brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(struct brcmf_i
+ 	char *ptr;
+ 	s32 err;
+ 
+-	/* retreive mac address */
+-	err = brcmf_fil_iovar_data_get(ifp, "cur_etheraddr", ifp->mac_addr,
+-				       sizeof(ifp->mac_addr));
+-	if (err < 0) {
+-		bphy_err(drvr, "Retrieving cur_etheraddr failed, %d\n", err);
+-		goto done;
++	if (is_valid_ether_addr(ifp->mac_addr)) {
++		/* set mac address */
++		err = brcmf_fil_iovar_data_set(ifp, "cur_etheraddr", ifp->mac_addr,
++					       ETH_ALEN);
++		if (err < 0) {
++			bphy_err(ifp->drvr, "Setting cur_etheraddr failed, %d\n", err);
++			goto done;
++		}
++	} else {
++		/* retrieve mac address */
++		err = brcmf_fil_iovar_data_get(ifp, "cur_etheraddr", ifp->mac_addr,
++					       sizeof(ifp->mac_addr));
++		if (err < 0) {
++			bphy_err(drvr, "Retrieving cur_etheraddr failed, %d\n", err);
++			goto done;
++		}
+ 	}
++
+ 	memcpy(ifp->drvr->mac, ifp->mac_addr, sizeof(ifp->drvr->mac));
+ 	memcpy(ifp->drvr->wiphy->perm_addr, ifp->drvr->mac, ETH_ALEN);
+ 
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.h
+@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct brcmf_mp_device {
+ 	bool		ignore_probe_fail;
+ 	struct brcmfmac_pd_cc *country_codes;
+ 	const char	*board_type;
++	unsigned char	mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ 	union {
+ 		struct brcmfmac_sdio_pd sdio;
+ 	} bus;
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
+ #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+ #include <linux/module.h>
+ #include <linux/inetdevice.h>
++#include <linux/property.h>
+ #include <net/cfg80211.h>
+ #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
+ #include <net/addrconf.h>
+@@ -1226,7 +1227,8 @@ static int brcmf_bus_started(struct brcm
+ 	brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "\n");
+ 
+ 	/* add primary networking interface */
+-	ifp = brcmf_add_if(drvr, 0, 0, false, "wlan%d", NULL);
++	ifp = brcmf_add_if(drvr, 0, 0, false, "wlan%d",
++			   is_valid_ether_addr(drvr->settings->mac) ? drvr->settings->mac : NULL);
+ 	if (IS_ERR(ifp))
+ 		return PTR_ERR(ifp);
+ 
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/of.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/of.c
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
+ #include <linux/init.h>
+ #include <linux/of.h>
+ #include <linux/of_irq.h>
++#include <linux/of_net.h>
+ 
+ #include <defs.h>
+ #include "debug.h"
+@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ void brcmf_of_probe(struct device *dev,
+ 	if (err)
+ 		brcmf_err("failed to get OF country code map (err=%d)\n", err);
+ 
++	of_get_mac_address(np, settings->mac);
++
+ 	if (bus_type != BRCMF_BUSTYPE_SDIO)
+ 		return;
+ 
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/863-brcmfmac-add-in-driver-tables-with-country-codes.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/863-brcmfmac-add-in-driver-tables-with-country-codes.patch
index 835c870a6577..1ddc78f7ca9a 100644
--- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/863-brcmfmac-add-in-driver-tables-with-country-codes.patch
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/863-brcmfmac-add-in-driver-tables-with-country-codes.patch
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
 
 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/of.c
 +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/of.c
-@@ -58,6 +58,36 @@ static int brcmf_of_get_country_codes(st
+@@ -59,6 +59,36 @@ static int brcmf_of_get_country_codes(st
  	return 0;
  }
  
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
  void brcmf_of_probe(struct device *dev, enum brcmf_bus_type bus_type,
  		    struct brcmf_mp_device *settings)
  {
-@@ -90,6 +120,8 @@ void brcmf_of_probe(struct device *dev,
+@@ -91,6 +121,8 @@ void brcmf_of_probe(struct device *dev,
  		of_node_put(root);
  	}
  
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/998-survey.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/998-survey.patch
index a5efc08015fa..d194e25177e0 100644
--- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/998-survey.patch
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/brcm/998-survey.patch
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
  	.add_key = brcmf_cfg80211_add_key,
 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
 +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
-@@ -1361,6 +1361,8 @@ int brcmf_attach(struct device *dev)
+@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ int brcmf_attach(struct device *dev)
  
  	/* Link to bus module */
  	drvr->hdrlen = 0;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
  
  	/* Attach and link in the protocol */
  	ret = brcmf_proto_attach(drvr);
-@@ -1443,6 +1445,12 @@ void brcmf_detach(struct device *dev)
+@@ -1445,6 +1447,12 @@ void brcmf_detach(struct device *dev)
  	if (drvr == NULL)
  		return;
  
-- 
2.36.1




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