#1766: wlanconfig ath0 list doesn't display the correct mac address after an
address change
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Reporter: dyqith | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Changes (by mtaylor):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => invalid
Comment:
This is not supported. The VAPs must all be based upon the same MAC of
the base radio (whatever that is). The HAL has a single BSSID mask used
for all the VAP macs and it doesn't really know or care about VAPs. VAPs
are a driver construct.
Here's how the mask is calculated:
#define ATH_SET_VAP_BSSID_MASK(bssid_mask) \
((bssid_mask)[0] &= ~(((ath_maxvaps-1) << 2) | 0x02))
Here's where we set the mask for the VAPs and install it into the HAL.
For exactly how the HAL does it's thing you'll have to look at ath5k.
Suffice it to say that what you are trying to do is not going to be
possible.
/* get mac address from hardware */
ath_hal_getmac(ah, ic->ic_myaddr);
if (sc->sc_hasbmask) {
ath_hal_getbssidmask(ah, sc->sc_bssidmask);
ATH_SET_VAP_BSSID_MASK(sc->sc_bssidmask);
ath_hal_setbssidmask(ah, sc->sc_bssidmask);
}
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/1766#comment:1>
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