Hi, On Fri, 2019-09-13 at 22:48 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2019-09-13 at 12:59 -0700, James Prestwood wrote: > > Add a new feature bit signifying that the wireless hardware > > supports > > changing the mac address while the underlying net_device is > > UP. Note > > that this is slightly different from IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE as > > additional > > restrictions might be imposed by the hardware. Typical > > restrictions > > are: > > - No connection is active on this interface, e.g. carrier is > > off > > - No scan is in progress > > - No offchannel operation is in progress > > Hmm, what do you need this patch for? > > IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE should be sufficient to discover it? Because userspace needs to know if this is supported? IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE is a private flag... AFAIK userspace has no way of obtaining this. Thanks, James > > johannes >
