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Re: [PATCH 1/6] mac80211: allow no mac address until firmware load

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On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 10:59 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:

> > If that's really a problem, yes. 01:00:00:00:00:00 is still better
> > than a pseudo random MAC, IMO. It's immediately obvious to the user
> > that the MAC currently is not set.
> 
> How about 44:44:44:44:44:44 like orinoco uses for bogus BSSID?  If we
> can, let's not keep creating yet more bogus MAC addresses.

Either way, the problem is that these will confuse udev if you have two
at the same time, no?

johannes

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