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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:45:49 +0400
From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
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To: Ivajlo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/16] wl1251: Add sysfs file address for setting permanent
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Hello.

On 12-12-2013 2:36, Ivajlo Dimitrov wrote:

>> 2. NVRAM reading is done by a tiny driver that is loaded based on the
>> platform name and updates the DT node in memory.  (But I don't know how
>> wl1251 should decide to defer probing if it's probed before that other
>> driver.)

>> Ben.


> Maybe a "hwmac" property with a value of XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (or some other
> invalid value) set in DT could be used to tell the driver to defer until that
> value changes to something sane?

    The standard property name for that is "local-mac-address". There's also 
non-standard "mac-address" variation.

> Ivo

WBR, Sergei