Re: [PATCH 6/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to NVS data

From	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 6/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to NVS data
Date	2017-01-27 09:00 +0100
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Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> writes:

> In case there is no valid MAC address kernel generates random one. This
> patch propagate this generated MAC address back to NVS data which will be
> uploaded to wl1251 chip. So HW would have same MAC address as linux kernel
> uses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>

Why? What issue does this fix?

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Kalle Valo

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Re: [PATCH 6/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to NVS data Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2017-01-27 09:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 6/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to NVS data Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2017-01-27 10:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 6/6] wl1251: Set generated MAC address back to NVS data Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com> - 2017-01-27 11:10 +0100

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