Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:42271 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762104AbXGKJk5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:40:57 -0400 Subject: Re: Errors when firmware is missing From: Johannes Berg To: Daniel Drake Cc: Jon Smirl , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <468FCC4A.2010102@gentoo.org> References: <9e4733910707070927l37bdf79cpd1fc672909fb0bb3@mail.gmail.com> <1183826476.3779.42.camel@johannes.berg> <468FCC4A.2010102@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-cydmixhUSWopAHz2I2Gz" Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:58:12 +0200 Message-Id: <1184108292.3738.28.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-cydmixhUSWopAHz2I2Gz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 13:24 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote: > It implies that you have a way of reading the MAC address before=20 > uploading firmware. I only figured this out for zd1211 by reverse=20 > engineering the boot code to an extent. Hm. Good point. I sure hope no such devices ever show up ;) Or you just create a device with a fixed (but random locally assigned) MAC address. Or even better we globally define a locally assigned address for "no idea yet" :) johannes --=-cydmixhUSWopAHz2I2Gz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iD8DBQBGlA8E/ETPhpq3jKURAmWKAKCA3N99A8kBzGgfVApDjJr1A/jxDACeKC8L gk62JP1AdMSzwBrZnfLc7ho= =qCde -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cydmixhUSWopAHz2I2Gz--