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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2014-10-18 17:38:59 +0000
committerFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2014-10-18 17:38:59 +0000
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mac80211: update to 2014-10-08
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> SVN-Revision: 42952
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@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+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 <nbd@openwrt.org>
+---
+
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ #include <linux/module.h>
+ #include <linux/time.h>
+ #include <linux/bitops.h>
++#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+ #include <asm/unaligned.h>
+
+ #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;
+ }