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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:37 +0100
From: Oncaphillis <oncaphillis@snafu.de>
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To: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
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	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] ssb: Generic SPROM override for devices without SPROM
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On 11/20/2009 12:12 PM, Michael Buesch wrote:
> This patch adds a generic mechanism for overriding the SPROM mechanism
> on devices without SPROM hardware.
>
> There currently is a major problem with this:
> It tries to deduce a MAC address from various hardware parameters. But
> currently it will result in the same MAC address for machines of the same
> type. Does somebody have an idea of some device-instance specific serial
> number or something similar that could be hashed into the MAC?
>
What version is this patch against ? I tries rc7,rc8 and 2.6.31.6.
But it doesn't work for me.

Thank you

Sebastian