From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
To: YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn>,
"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3] wifi: rtw88: use firmware MAC address as fallback
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 02:43:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01fd92db75bd47c182512cacb5fa2ea4@realtek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902031408.4155609-1-raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn>
YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn> wrote:
> Some devices provide the Wi-Fi MAC address through firmware instead of
> storing a valid address in the Wi-Fi chip efuse.
>
> This is the case on the Xiaomi Mi Box 4, which uses an Amlogic S905L
> SoC and an RTL8723DS Wi-Fi chip. The Wi-Fi MAC address is stored in the
> S905L efuse rather than the RTL8723DS efuse and is provided to the
> device through firmware.
>
> Try to read the MAC address from firmware before falling back to a
> randomly generated address.
>
> Signed-off-by: YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn>
Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 2:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-01 12:45 [PATCH] " YuChia-Kan
2026-09-02 1:22 ` Ping-Ke Shih
[not found] ` <SEZPR04MB617269B16E24E662180A7678FFB72@SEZPR04MB6172.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com>
2026-09-02 2:33 ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-02 3:10 ` 回复: " raspberrykan
2026-09-02 2:46 ` [PATCH v2] " YuChia-Kan
2026-09-02 3:14 ` [PATCH v3] " YuChia-Kan
2026-09-07 2:43 ` Ping-Ke Shih [this message]
2026-09-08 2:50 ` Ping-Ke Shih
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