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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/27] wifi: mac80211: isolate driver from inactive links
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To:     Wen Gong <quic_wgong@quicinc.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:32:25 +0200
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On Tue, 2023-04-04 at 10:54 +0800, Wen Gong wrote:
> On 10/11/2022 3:26 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Tue, 2022-10-11 at 12:07 +0800, Wen Gong wrote:
> > > On 9/28/2022 11:28 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > ...
> > > > > May I know some more info/status about the "incoming=C2=A0 new me=
thod to let
> > > > > drivers set the link address"?
> > > > >=20
> > > > I wasn't actually planning to work on that myself, FWIW.
> > > >=20
> > > > johannes
> > > OK. So has some body will work for that now?=F0=9F=98=81
> > >=20
> > Yes, I don't personally have a need for anything other than what we hav=
e
> > right now.
>=20
> May I add method to let low-drivers set the primay link address like belo=
w?

> I add a field in struct wiphy_iftype_ext_capab, if it is valid, then it=
=20
> will be used as
>=20
> local primary/assoc link addr in function ieee80211_mgd_setup_link() for=
=20
> station.
>=20

I don't really think that it makes sense to push this to cfg80211 when
we only need it in mac80211?

johannes