[PATCH V4] ssb: Implement virtual SPROM

2010-03-25 Thread Larry Finger
Some recent BCM43XX devices lack an on-board SPROM. The pertinent data from the SPROM could be included in the kernel; however, this presents a problem in the generation of a unique, reproducible MAC address. The solution is to initialize the address to a known, workable value. Thus, the device wil

Re: [PATCH V2] ssb: Implement virtual SPROM on disk

2010-03-25 Thread Larry Finger
On 03/24/2010 02:21 PM, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Wednesday 24 March 2010 15:16:03 Larry Finger wrote: >> I have modified ssb to supply a MAC address of 80:80:80:80:80:80, rather than > > What about also setting the local-assignment bit for this temporary address? > >> The one remaining problem