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Re: [RFC 4/5] mac80211: enforce address verification on monitors

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On 2013-06-07 3:36 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@xxxxx>
> 
> Mac address of passive monitor have to treated
> the same as address any other interface because
> type of interface can be changed or monitor can
> be later put into active mode.
It can't. There's checks preventing that. I'd prefer to leave that part
of the code as it is, the MAC address for normal monitor interfaces
should be ignored completely.

- Felix
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