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Diffstat (limited to 'package/mac80211')
| -rw-r--r-- | package/mac80211/patches/403-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch | 25 | 
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
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 000000000..2a1763a93 --- /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;  | 
