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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;
}
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