Hi!

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As wl1251.ko does not accept mac_address as module parameter, such
modprobe hook does not help -- as there is absolutely no way from
userspace to set or change (permanent) mac address.

Quoting modprobe.d manual:

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      install modulename command...
      
          This command instructs modprobe to run your
          command instead of inserting the module in the
          kernel as normal. The command can be any shell
          command: this allows you to do any kind of
          complex processing you might wish. [...]

I know. But this do not allow me to send mac address to kernel -- as 
kernel does not support such command yet (reason for my first
question).

Plus, this does not really work for cases where wl1251 is not a
module.

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You can hook up a script that cooks up wl1251-nvs.bin (caldata,
macaddr) and then insmod the actual wl1251.ko module. Or you can just
cook up the nvs on first device boot and store it in /lib/firmware
(possibly overwriting the "generic" wl1251 from linux-firmware).

This is what I would like to prevent -- overwriting (possible readonly) 
system files with some device specific. It is really bad idea!

Agreed.

"ifconfig hw ether XX" normally sets the address. I guess that's
ioctl? And I guess we should use similar mechanism for permanent
address.

Best regards,

									Pavel
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