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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:36:30 +0200
From: 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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On 12.12.2013 00:15, Ben Hutchings 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?

Ivo