From: Hector Palacios <hector.palacios@digi.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"ath6kl-devel@qca.qualcomm.com" <ath6kl-devel@qca.qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: Passing a custom MAC to ath6kl
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 17:56:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51D6EC90.40009@digi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vc4pf1ln.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com>
Dear Kalle,
On 07/05/2013 05:49 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Hector Palacios <hector.palacios@digi.com> writes:
>
>> Is there a way to pass a custom MAC address to the ath6kl upstream driver?
>
> Not right now. It has been a common feature request so I'm hoping
> someone will implement it soon.
>
>> In the ISC version of the driver, a softmac.c file is provided that
>> reads a MAC from a file if a module parameter softmac_enable=1 is
>> passed. Is there any reason why this has not made it upstream?
>
> Providing mac address through a file is too ugly for upstream. We need
> to implement it properly using the proper interface.
I totally agree. What would be the proper interface for that?
Best regards,
--
Hector Palacios
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-05 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-05 15:21 Passing a custom MAC to ath6kl Hector Palacios
2013-07-05 15:49 ` Kalle Valo
2013-07-05 15:56 ` Hector Palacios [this message]
2013-07-05 18:02 ` Arend van Spriel
2013-07-05 20:23 ` Kalle Valo
2013-07-29 11:14 ` Priti
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