From f0d9e712e459332ec527802f7eaca104c47b14c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:38:59 +0000 Subject: mac80211: update to 2014-10-08 Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau SVN-Revision: 42952 --- ...-random-MAC-address-if-the-EEPROM-address.patch | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/335-ath9k-use-a-random-MAC-address-if-the-EEPROM-address.patch (limited to 'package/kernel/mac80211/patches/335-ath9k-use-a-random-MAC-address-if-the-EEPROM-address.patch') diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/335-ath9k-use-a-random-MAC-address-if-the-EEPROM-address.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/335-ath9k-use-a-random-MAC-address-if-the-EEPROM-address.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ce6c0819d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/335-ath9k-use-a-random-MAC-address-if-the-EEPROM-address.patch @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +From: Felix Fietkau +Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:31:49 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: use a random MAC address if the EEPROM address + is invalid + +Based on OpenWrt patch by Gabor Juhos + +Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau +--- + +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c +@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ + #include + #include + #include ++#include + #include + + #include "hw.h" +@@ -446,8 +447,16 @@ static int ath9k_hw_init_macaddr(struct + common->macaddr[2 * i] = eeval >> 8; + common->macaddr[2 * i + 1] = eeval & 0xff; + } +- if (sum == 0 || sum == 0xffff * 3) +- return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; ++ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(common->macaddr)) { ++ ath_err(common, ++ "eeprom contains invalid mac address: %pM\n", ++ common->macaddr); ++ ++ random_ether_addr(common->macaddr); ++ ath_err(common, ++ "random mac address will be used: %pM\n", ++ common->macaddr); ++ } + + return 0; + } -- cgit v1.2.3