On 24.10.2013 20:48, coderman wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:23 AM, Timur Mehrvarz > <timur.mehrv...@riseup.net> wrote: >> ... >> The Android Wifi kernel drivers seem to not implement the functionality >> behind 'ifconfig wlan0 hw ether' (what is behind the ioctl call being >> used by ifconfig). > > > i've had success with HTC, LG, and Samsung devices. less so with > Motorola or newer hardware.
Can you name the device models you had success with? Maybe explain how you changed the MAC address on those? Is it always the same procedure? > > this is not really the kernel itself, but rather the wifi chipset - a > new kernel on the devices you're having trouble with won't fix this > ioctl. > > unfortunately this problem is getting worse, not better. > Hmm, I see. In this case it would be really good to have a positive/negative list in regard to Wifi chipsets. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
