Daniel Lenski [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Jes Sorensen [off-list ref] wrote:

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Daniel Lenski [off-list ref] 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.)

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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