[Prism54-devel] Re: wireless API semantics when netif down?

[Jean Tourrilhes]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 11:25:32AM +0100, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 10:54:26AM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> [..]
> > The best solution would of course be if the driver could report the
> > real mac address even before the interface is up. 
> [..]
> 
> alas this requires the firmware to have been uploaded and be operational;
> something that'd be easiest/best to do at ifup time... 

	I know, that's why I told you about it.

> it's quite annoying to have such a large firmware, which needs to be
> loaded from time to time, and which for now has to reside on the
> filesystem...

	Probably better than having to reside in kernel memory (non
swapable).

> regards,
> -- 
> Herbert Valerio Riedel

	By the way, do you have any plan to merge into 2.6.X, or do
you plan to remain standalone ?

	Have fun...

	Jean