Re: Register two 802.15.4 devices/interfaces in one driver

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Alexander Aring <aar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    > Yes, turn transceiver "quietly" (maybe some pr_info notice) into
    > promiscuous mode or (if supported) turn off address filtering only.
    > Needs some driver layer changed and subsystem changes to allow it.

    > And this all quietly, just make a pr_info notice for networking experts
    > why your interrupt load for the transceiver will be increased.

Yup. Clearly if you try to do things in software to compensate for lacks in
hardware, there is a cost.  That's fine as long as nobody is surprised.

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