Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH] ath5k: set mac address in add_interface

[Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>]

Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> Bob Copeland wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Maxim Levitsky 
>> <maximlevitsky@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Bob Copeland wrote:
>>>> Hi Maxim,
>>>>
>>>> Please try this patch.  I didn't have a problem changing the mac 
>>>> address
>>>> after it was set to something else.  I did kick it to re-associate with
>>>> the AP, though.
>>>>
>>> Tested it, this still doesn't work:
>>>
>>> iwconfig wlan0 down
>>> macchanger wlan0
>>> iwconfig wlan0 up
>>
>> Wait, don't you want to do ifconfig here?  Or was that just a typo?
>>
>> I did exactly that (ifconfig down/macchanger/ifconfig up) and it
>> worked here.  In particular if you have mac80211 debugging on it should
>> show the mac address changing.  In my case, it didn't matter whether
>> I'd previously associated or not.  I did have to tell NetworkManager
>> to re-associate though.
>>
> 
> Yep, I intended to use ifconfig.
> 
> First change after module reload works, second doesn't.
> 
> I double check that I use right kernel (install it again).

compiled kernel again, and installed it, same results.

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky