Return-path: Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:53193 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760802Ab3LIOGb (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:06:31 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([93.218.116.213]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LlYrb-1VFrFK44db-00bIQo for ; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:06:30 +0100 Message-ID: <52A5CE63.1060009@rempel-privat.de> (sfid-20131209_150635_350467_5B141AB6) Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:06:27 +0100 From: Oleksij Rempel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mathy , Ben Greear CC: "John W. Linville" , Pau Koning , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, jouni@qca.qualcomm.com, vthiagar@qti.qualcomm.com, senthilb@qti.qualcomm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask References: <5294E4C5.4050301@cs.kuleuven.be> <52950812.20001@rempel-privat.de> <5295EF41.8040709@cs.kuleuven.be> <52972749.70200@gmail.com> <20131206162919.GE13285@tuxdriver.com> <52A35189.7010804@rempel-privat.de> <52A46B10.6030104@candelatech.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am 08.12.2013 19:09, schrieb Mathy: > The common->macaddr field is also updated in the ath9k driver > (function ath9k_calculate_iter_data in main.c). > > I just did a quick test. When using macchanger to assign a random MAC > address, the original (permanent) MAC address is still retrieved > properly. So there is no need to reload the module, macchanger can > simply restore the permanent MAC. I assume the permanent MAC address > is saved elsewhere? Right now i have no time to digg deeper in it. I'm ok with this patch. Thanks a lot for your work! -- Regards, Oleksij