On 24.10.2013 20:48, coderman wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 5:23 AM, Timur Mehrvarz >> 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). > > 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. >
I think the correct definition is that *both* components (Wifi chipset + Wifi kernel driver) need to support this functionality. If either one of them does not, you won't be able to change your MAC address. OpenWiki: "Changing MAC addresses on mobile devices" (add your info): http://www.openwiki.com/ow.asp?Changing+MAC+addresses+on+mobile+devices -- 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.
