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From: Pali =?utf-8?q?Roh=C3=A1r?= <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: wl1251: NVS firmware data
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On Monday 08 December 2014 21:57:21 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Use your own custom usermode helper for stuff like this, not
> the firmware interface.  But use a binary sysfs file if you
> want, that seems to make sense for it...
>=20
> greg k-h

Patch for telling permanent mac address from userspace via sysfs=20
file was rejected for inclusion into mainline kernel.

So I do not think that now maintainers of network subsystem allow=20
it for nvs data...

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/12/8/35

=2D-=20
Pali Roh=C3=A1r
pali.rohar@gmail.com

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