Return-path: Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.183]:22639 "EHLO ik-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751220AbYG3LRc (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:17:32 -0400 Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c28so379599ika.5 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:17:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] mac80211: allow no mac address until firmware load From: Luis Carlos Cobo To: Dan Williams Cc: Tomas Winkler , Johannes Berg , Michael Buesch , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1217262158.28198.44.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <48763814.27052c0a.1794.2095@mx.google.com> <200807281544.33509.mb@bu3sch.de> <1217253397.6364.2.camel@localhost> <200807281600.39103.mb@bu3sch.de> <1217257174.28198.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1217257628.15381.2.camel@johannes.berg> <1217258040.28198.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1ba2fa240807280858o4020fec8k4c287567dff177ca@mail.gmail.com> <1217262158.28198.44.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:17:20 +0200 Message-Id: <1217416640.6379.144.camel@localhost> (sfid-20080730_131735_922054_8DB0F8EA) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: So I see three options: 1) Use 00:... and be happy. No problem with udev, we use an address that is actually valid. 2) Use 01:00... and fix udev so it ignores it. 3) Use 44:44..., because it is what orinoco used and fix udev so it ignores it. I would go for solution 2, 00:00:00:00:00:00 is a valid address for a device and multicast addresses are not, and that should be reflected on udev's policy. About persistent names, can we get a persistent name after the device gets its MAC address? Before that, the device is not being used and it does not matter much. -- Luis Carlos Cobo Rus GnuPG ID: 44019B60 cozybit Inc.