Ganapathi Bhat <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi Kalle,
>>
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 04:23:10PM +0530, Ganapathi Bhat wrote:
>> > > From: Karthik Ananthapadmanabha <[email protected]>
>> > >
>> > > Driver will advertise RANDOM_MAC support only if the device supports
>> > > this feature.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Karthik Ananthapadmanabha <[email protected]>
>> > > Signed-off-by: Ganapathi Bhat <[email protected]>
>> >
>> > I'd just like to point out that this is a very bad commit subject:
>> >
>> > "[PATCH] mwifiex: Random MAC address during scanning"
>> >
>> > It's borderline wrong, really. "Random MAC address during scanning" is
>> > already supported. This patch is just adding a feature-flag check for
>> > it, since some firmwares in the wild don't support it. A more accurate
>> > description would be something like:
>> >
>> > "[PATCH] mwifiex: Add feature flag support for MAC randomization"
>> >
>> > The patch is already applied, so I'd only worry about it for future
>> > submissions (no need to resend).

Brian, thanks for pointing out that. I had missed it.

>> I'm Really Sorry.  I will take care of this in future.
>>
> The firmware which advertises this capability flag is yet to be shared
> in upstream. The latest available firmware does not contain this flag.
> So, is it possible to revert this change, so that we will resubmit
> this (with proper subject) once our firmware is uploaded.

Like Brian said, I don't think there's any point reverting it and
resending the patch. Just something to learn for the future, for both of
us. (I need to also check the titles more carefully.)

-- 
Kalle Valo

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