Re: [PATCH V4] ssb: Implement virtual SPROM

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:39:08AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> Some recent BCM43XX devices lack an on-board SPROM. The pertinent data
> from the SPROM could be included in the kernel; however, this presents
> a problem in the generation of a unique, reproducible MAC address. The
> solution is to initialize the address to a known, workable value. Thus,
> the device will work without any further code. For an address that is
> preserved across reloads or reboots, a set of udev routines has been
> prepared that detect the special address and assign a random value that
> is preserved in a second udev rule file. The random address should be
> unique except for the case where a given box has more than one of these
> cards. This case is handles by adding the DEVPATH to the recognition rules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

Do we still want this patch?  Or do we think all the cases of a
"missing" SPROM were actually a "relocated" SPROM?

John
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