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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 04:50:24 -0800
From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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To: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
CC: Mathy <vanhoefm@gmail.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
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	jouni@qca.qualcomm.com, vthiagar@qca.qualcomm.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask
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On 12/07/2013 08:49 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> I have only one doubt in this patch.
> It will overwrite original MAC. If you wont to restore it, then you need
> to reload module.
>
> If no body against it, i can live it too.

I believe ethtool allows an API to read the eeprom-MAC addr.  Maybe
add support for that API to the ath9k_htc driver so that the original
MAC can be read that way?

Thanks,
Ben

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