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From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Cc: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de,
	"linux-wireless" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Oncaphillis <oncaphillis@snafu.de>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] ssb: Generic SPROM override for devices without SPROM
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:44:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200911201244.51138.mb@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200911201238.08005.florian@openwrt.org>

On Friday 20 November 2009 12:38:07 Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Why not call once random_ether_addr instead of using some kind of hash? Is it 
> because you
> want the same MAC from a reboot to another?

yes.

> Ok, so for BCM63xx I would no longer have to declare my SPROM, fine.

No you still need to do that. The sprom is device specific.
You need to call ssb_register_sprom_override() from the arch code with
that callback that sets up your sprom image.

-- 
Greetings, Michael.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-20 11:44 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 [this message]
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
2009-11-24 10:52   ` Michael Buesch

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