From: Oncaphillis <oncaphillis@snafu.de>
To: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] ssb: Generic SPROM override for devices without SPROM
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B0B9E99.1060201@snafu.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200911201212.19588.mb@bu3sch.de>
On 11/20/2009 12:12 PM, Michael Buesch wrote:
> This patch adds a generic mechanism for overriding the SPROM mechanism
> on devices without SPROM hardware.
>
> There currently is a major problem with this:
> It tries to deduce a MAC address from various hardware parameters. But
> currently it will result in the same MAC address for machines of the same
> type. Does somebody have an idea of some device-instance specific serial
> number or something similar that could be hashed into the MAC?
>
What version is this patch against ? I tries rc7,rc8 and 2.6.31.6.
But it doesn't work for me.
Thank you
Sebastian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-24 9:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-20 11:12 [PATCH RFC] ssb: Generic SPROM override for devices without SPROM Michael Buesch
2009-11-20 11:38 ` Florian Fainelli
2009-11-20 11:44 ` Michael Buesch
2009-11-20 14:05 ` Larry Finger
2009-11-20 14:11 ` Michael Buesch
2009-11-20 14:16 ` Florian Fainelli
2009-11-20 14:51 ` Larry Finger
2009-11-20 17:19 ` Larry Finger
2009-11-20 14:34 ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2009-11-20 14:50 ` Ehud Gavron
2009-11-20 14:55 ` Larry Finger
2009-11-24 8:51 ` Oncaphillis [this message]
2009-11-24 10:52 ` Michael Buesch
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