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Re: [PATCH v2 15/16] wl1251: Add sysfs file address for setting permanent mac address

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Hello.

On 12-12-2013 2:36, Ivajlo Dimitrov wrote:

2. NVRAM reading is done by a tiny driver that is loaded based on the
platform name and updates the DT node in memory.  (But I don't know how
wl1251 should decide to defer probing if it's probed before that other
driver.)

Ben.


Maybe a "hwmac" property with a value of XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (or some other
invalid value) set in DT could be used to tell the driver to defer until that
value changes to something sane?

The standard property name for that is "local-mac-address". There's also non-standard "mac-address" variation.

Ivo

WBR, Sergei

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