Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:38170 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750823AbYG1NX4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:23:56 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] mac80211: allow no mac address until firmware load From: Johannes Berg To: Dan Williams Cc: Luis Carlos Cobo , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1217172136.2700.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <48763814.27052c0a.1794.2095@mx.google.com> <1217172136.2700.21.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-G9iWzfDjI2Xp+ovnVC5Z" Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:23:53 +0200 Message-Id: <1217251433.12662.5.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080728_152359_549169_9CA1CC73) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-G9iWzfDjI2Xp+ovnVC5Z Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 11:22 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 16:57 +0200, Luis Carlos Cobo wrote: > > Originally by Johannes Berg. This patch adds support for devices that d= o not > > report their MAC address until the firmware is loaded. While the addres= s is not > > known, a multicast on is used. >=20 > Johannes, thoughts on this? Is there a better way to do it for devices > that don't know their MAC address until firmware load? I actually wrote this patch, but largely I don't care. It seemed that having unique MAC addresses would screw up less with udev, but maybe we can just leave it zeroed until we know? johannes --=-G9iWzfDjI2Xp+ovnVC5Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJIjchlAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYDlMP/0g8gYF4mLiUzOCGS9iRl/9r 2CtctWuS0lbVaDH50zEl+fMU6Z1O9iHIiAHWPK0rCTuknXRsv4QApipBYitBUp+P 5LvqNu6jtaZhnyqujoWr1GLSlTKCMAQqR5UEe439su0YV1wQZ9tguQCz+wfN7xZw tYnwZA9QIZ683HBhI2f8Lj+CHQXR6wV1wiZhGCI8SzygTm1moQf5pTOeq1GB4Yed OV7neWQHCipSJDvZ1ilcKwFccrvRKhVgAsr5N2E4pLOTHqUrOI9ncizzqde1o1YT DOzBRGcKquQ7pri57OzG8vHuehFPBoMjcVceG/CYkzdRGXhqrXphsZL0FwCC8t9Y 3Zs2Ma+tGIBK7JT0D6IcVOeE9lqRLH4y0MyXISf6AOqUUIRLidlm8Omu+A5xptq2 0vt9kTCbLxXOe2m87uGSk0G77fhh/0GHyugR4at0WujQc170UroGwwvkVfooe17w ldpLiFgMzMnUNk70MKms1xVIjbIjwDoHoqHANa3+e5fwofJiT2elkWoMTfkZN4GN znM6NiaSgarT2/buXegoMSqFn9LJWl9iDCx3DGdqOOO7/ShCZb6Jrw6pkoo+5Ae5 Tw62SLpk4z0019/O83UvIXz8wX26f00XR8WzXB0qQ3c2x/eL/6L96dmyV7VqDrAR fZEwJ9P3DbYqfNUN/4hs =fdQ0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-G9iWzfDjI2Xp+ovnVC5Z--