Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:56890 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751396Ab0DZSAM (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:00:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:58:50 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: Michael Buesch , bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH V4] ssb: Implement virtual SPROM Message-ID: <20100426175850.GD2387@tuxdriver.com> References: <4bac487c.j3EXBzCzHYNAd+Ky%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4bac487c.j3EXBzCzHYNAd+Ky%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:39:08AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > Some recent BCM43XX devices lack an on-board SPROM. The pertinent data > from the SPROM could be included in the kernel; however, this presents > a problem in the generation of a unique, reproducible MAC address. The > solution is to initialize the address to a known, workable value. Thus, > the device will work without any further code. For an address that is > preserved across reloads or reboots, a set of udev routines has been > prepared that detect the special address and assign a random value that > is preserved in a second udev rule file. The random address should be > unique except for the case where a given box has more than one of these > cards. This case is handles by adding the DEVPATH to the recognition rules. > > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Do we still want this patch? Or do we think all the cases of a "missing" SPROM were actually a "relocated" SPROM? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.