From: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
To: Mathy <vanhoefm@gmail.com>, Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Pau Koning <paukoning@gmail.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, jouni@qca.qualcomm.com,
vthiagar@qti.qualcomm.com, senthilb@qti.qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:06:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52A5CE63.1060009@rempel-privat.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFXAJYyOrd_ybL=roYqdjF_eK81kP1sEBHbjSsXL8y0P_oR38w@mail.gmail.com>
Am 08.12.2013 19:09, schrieb Mathy:
> The common->macaddr field is also updated in the ath9k driver
> (function ath9k_calculate_iter_data in main.c).
>
> I just did a quick test. When using macchanger to assign a random MAC
> address, the original (permanent) MAC address is still retrieved
> properly. So there is no need to reload the module, macchanger can
> simply restore the permanent MAC. I assume the permanent MAC address
> is saved elsewhere?
Right now i have no time to digg deeper in it. I'm ok with this patch.
Thanks a lot for your work!
--
Regards,
Oleksij
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-09 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-26 18:13 [PATCH] ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask Mathy Vanhoef
2013-11-26 20:44 ` Oleksij Rempel
2013-11-27 13:10 ` Mathy Vanhoef
2013-11-27 13:58 ` Pau Koning
2013-11-28 11:21 ` Mathy Vanhoef
2013-12-06 16:25 ` John W. Linville
2013-12-06 16:29 ` John W. Linville
2013-12-06 20:30 ` Mathy
2013-12-07 16:49 ` Oleksij Rempel
2013-12-08 12:50 ` Ben Greear
2013-12-08 18:09 ` Mathy
2013-12-09 14:06 ` Oleksij Rempel [this message]
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