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> So in that case, ath5k definitely should not upload a mac until a normal
> interface is brought up, i.e. we should keep the current functionality?

yes.

> It's interesting that b43 works without a regular interface, by my
reading
> of
> its code the mac is also loaded and cleared at add/remove interface time.

I suspect there's some filtering going wrong.

johannes