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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: wl1251 & mac address & calibration data
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Hi!

> > "ifconfig hw ether XX" normally sets the address. I guess that's
> > ioctl?
>=20
> This sets temporary address and it is ioctl. IIRC same as what ethtool=20
> uses. (ifconfig is already deprecated).
>=20
> > And I guess we should use similar mechanism for permanent
> > address.
>=20
> I'm not sure here... Above ioctl =E2=86=91=E2=86=91=E2=86=91 is for chang=
ing temporary mac=20
> address. But here we do not want to change permanent mac address. We=20
> want to tell kernel driver current permanent mac address which is
> stored

Well... I'd still use similar mechanism :-).
									Pavel
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