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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] nl80211: Add LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE feature
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To:     James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>,
        linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Date:   Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:48:03 +0200
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On Fri, 2019-09-13 at 12:59 -0700, James Prestwood wrote:
> Add a new feature bit signifying that the wireless hardware supports
> changing the mac address while the underlying net_device is UP.  Note
> that this is slightly different from IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE as additional
> restrictions might be imposed by the hardware.  Typical restrictions
> are:
> 	- No connection is active on this interface, e.g. carrier is off
> 	- No scan is in progress
> 	- No offchannel operation is in progress

Hmm, what do you need this patch for?

IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE should be sufficient to discover it?

johannes