netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 15/16] wl1251: Add sysfs file address for setting permanent mac address

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Message-ID: <1386797325.1516.275.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.level5networks.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:28:45 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
CC:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...rom.com>,
	"Luciano Coelho" <luca@...lho.fi>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	<linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <freemangordon@....bg>,
	<aaro.koskinen@....fi>, <pavel@....cz>, <sre@...g0.de>,
	<joni.lapilainen@...il.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/16] wl1251: Add sysfs file address for setting
 permanent mac address

On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 21:17 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-12-10 at 18:52 +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
[...]
> > Maybe another way could be to use request_firmware to load address 
> > from userspace... Or what do you think?
> 
> I think that's an even worse idea.  This is not firmware and it already
> exists in separate storage.
[...]

Actually, as it seems you meant to do some kind of dynamic conversion, I
think it's not so bad.  Unfortunately I don't think it can work as I
explained in my other email.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
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