From: Gabor Juhos Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 16:15:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: mac80211/ath9k: fix invalid MAC address handling X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e07cdce207ed72379e21ae6f8f3037da7d9a185d;p=librecmc%2Flibrecmc.git mac80211/ath9k: fix invalid MAC address handling SVN-Revision: 14342 --- diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/403-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/403-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2a1763a93f --- /dev/null +++ b/package/mac80211/patches/403-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c +@@ -499,11 +499,18 @@ static int ath9k_hw_init_macaddr(struct + ahp->ah_macaddr[2 * i] = eeval >> 8; + ahp->ah_macaddr[2 * i + 1] = eeval & 0xff; + } +- if (sum == 0 || sum == 0xffff * 3) { ++ ++ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ahp->ah_macaddr)) { ++ DECLARE_MAC_BUF(macbuf); ++ ++ DPRINTF(ah->ah_sc, ATH_DBG_EEPROM, ++ "eeprom contains invalid mac address: %s\n", ++ print_mac(macbuf, ahp->ah_macaddr)); ++ ++ random_ether_addr(ahp->ah_macaddr); + DPRINTF(ah->ah_sc, ATH_DBG_EEPROM, +- "mac address read failed: %pM\n", +- ahp->ah_macaddr); +- return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; ++ "random mac address will be used: %s\n", ++ print_mac(macbuf, ahp->ah_macaddr)); + } + + return 0;