From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Pali =?utf-8?Q?Roh=C3=A1r?= <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        David Gnedt <david.gnedt@davizone.at>,
        Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>,
        Daniel Wagner <wagi@monom.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
        Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>,
        Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>,
        Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@gmail.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
        netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to NVS data
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:56:09 +0200
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Pali Roh=C3=A1r <pali.rohar@gmail.com> writes:

> In case there is no valid MAC address kernel generates random one. This
> patch propagate this generated MAC address back to NVS data which will be
> uploaded to wl1251 chip. So HW would have same MAC address as linux kernel
> uses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pali Roh=C3=A1r <pali.rohar@gmail.com>

Why? What issue does this fix?

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Kalle Valo