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Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:24:26 -0400
From: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
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To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
CC: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Errors when firmware is missing
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Johannes Berg wrote:
> that for zd1211
> no device is created is probably counter-productive, that way userspace
> will never know that a wireless adapter is plugged in.

This is fixed for zd1211rw in my latest bunch of patches. But it 
certainly wouldn't surprise me if future hardware/drivers are not able 
to create an interface before loading firmware.

It implies that you have a way of reading the MAC address before 
uploading firmware. I only figured this out for zd1211 by reverse 
engineering the boot code to an extent.

Daniel