| Subject | Re: [PATCH 16/16] wl1251: Add sysfs file address for setting permanent mac address | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Date | Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:50:09 +0000 |
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On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 22:34 +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > Driver wl1251 generating mac address randomly at startup and there is no way to > set permanent mac address via SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR. This patch export sysfs > file which can set permanent mac address by userspace helper program. Patch is > needed for devices which do not store mac address in internal wl1251 eeprom. [...]
This belongs in struct wl12xx_platform_data or (better) Device Tree properties. It definitely should not be settable once the device is registered.
Ben.
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