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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Brent Roman <brent@mbari.org>
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Subject: Re: rtw88 driver support for rtl8723ds does not work on Radxa RockPi-S
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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:24:45 +0200
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Brent Roman <brent@mbari.org> writes:

> Yes, that's all true.=C2=A0 However... Random MAC address assignment tends
> to cause devices to be assigned a different IP address on each reboot.
> This often doesn't play nicely with port forwarding.

Sure, I wasn't claiming that using random addresses is the perfect
solution. But you could also set a fixed random address from user space
(hopefully that works with rtw88).

> It's difficult to "prove" the RK3308 cpu serial numbers are unique,
> but they should be and the few I've tested have been.

Please take into account that rtw88 driver can be used with all sort of
different CPUs, not just RK3308. This is why I pointed this out.

(please don't top post)

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