Daniel Lenski <[email protected]> writes: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Jes Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Daniel Lenski <[email protected]> writes: >> In addition, do *not* overwrite the eeprompriv.mac_addr - that struct is >> a clean copy of the eeprom's data and should not be modified. >> >> Please changed the dev entry and make sure they driver updates from >> there instead. > > I left that part alone (overwriting the eeprompriv.mac_addr) because > the existing code relies on it containing the correct *current* MAC > address in numerous places. But, fair enough. > > This will require a much more complex patch, because there are > numerous functions which assume that eeprompriv.mac_addr is the > current address. (And some of these functions only receive the struct > rtw_adapter as an argument, rather than the complete netdev.) > >> Second, please CC me directly as the driver maintainer. >> >> For longer term, please try out rtl8xxxu, hopefully we can >> rm -rf drivers/staging/rtl8723au soon. > > Woah, I didn't know that driver existed. I will take a look.
It's pretty new and should be available in 4.4. I'm still working on it, so there may be a few rough edges. Cheers, Jes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
