Return-path: Received: from asmtpout029.mac.com ([17.148.16.104]:47957 "EHLO asmtpout029.mac.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751240Ab0LQJom (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:44:42 -0500 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from [192.168.1.30] ([87.201.169.175]) by asmtp029.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008; 64bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0LDK00ERTGE5RQ70@asmtp029.mac.com> for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:44:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Problem bringing up wlan0 interface up with mainline wl1271 drivers From: Elvis Dowson In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:44:20 +0400 Cc: panduranga , Ohad Ben-Cohen , Linux Wireless Mailing List , "Jara, Pedro" Message-id: References: <57CB308D-7237-46D7-9AF8-7093F52682E8@mac.com> <98BC4735-664C-491E-80CE-356BE32FA2ED@mac.com> To: Arik Nemtsov Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Dec 17, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Arik Nemtsov wrote: > Ethernet addresses with the LSB of the first octet turned on are considered multicast addresses. Please try: > > ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:22:33:44:55:66 That worked, now the only thing is to put the firmware file in the appropriate place, I guess: # ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:22:33:44:55:66 # ifconfig wlan0 up [ 153.843597] wl1271: ERROR could not get firmware: -2 Where should the firmware file be located? /etc/firmware ? Elvis Dowson