On 29 April 2016 at 17:05, Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.deche...@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Ricardo Salveti
> <ricardo.salv...@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>>> wcnss-config: 1.8
>>> optee-client: 1.0.1+git5+g89f25ce-1.linarojessie.1
>>> glshim: 0.41+git20150911.42a7739-0.linarojessie.1
>>
>> We should be able to get these in debian.

Maybe with a little bit of cleanup but yes these are low hanging fruits.

> wcnss-config shouldn't go upstream, imho. at least not in its current
> form. it does 2 things:
> 1. create a single WLAN mac address based on some pseudo unique ID
> available on the board
> 2. loads/starts WLAN and BT
>
> #1 is not strictly needed, as the driver would default to using a
> random MAC. and I don't think what we do is nice enough to be
> upstream... we can discuss more..

The problem is common, no-one can bother an extra chip to store a
mac address anymore. The ugliness tends to be board specific, so
perhaps the mac address can be generated in the firmware and exported
via device-tree?

Riku
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