Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:55020 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751622Ab0CRUaM (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:30:12 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:20:52 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Michael Buesch Cc: Larry Finger , bcm43xx devel , wireless Subject: Re: RFC: A workaround for BCM43XX devices with no on-board SPROM Message-ID: <20100318202052.GD17357@tuxdriver.com> References: <4BA266FB.1080507@lwfinger.net> <201003182031.25013.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <201003182031.25013.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 08:31:24PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Thursday 18 March 2010 18:46:35 Larry Finger wrote: > > It it reasonable to keep the vendor portion of the MAC and only replace the > > "serial number", or would it be better to randomize all 6 octants? > > I think it doesn't really matter. It might be a good idea to set the LAA bit...? -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.