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Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] mac80211_hwsim: add permanent mac address option for new radios

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On Wed, 2018-01-10 at 17:42 +0100, Benjamin Beichler wrote:

> To do not break the operation with legacy software using hwsim, the new
> address is set twice. The problem here is, the netlink call backs use
> wiphy->addresses[1] as identification of a radio and not the proposed
> permanent address (wiphy->addresses[0]). This design decision is not
> documented in the kernel repo, therefore this patch simply reproduces this,
> but with the same address.

It's weird to have the same address twice - perhaps we can XOR 0x40 or
so?

johannes




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