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openwrt-xburst/package/mac80211/patches/403-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch
nbd 82369076db mac80211: update to 2009-11-03
git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@18294 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73
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--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <asm/unaligned.h>
#include "hw.h"
@@ -494,8 +495,18 @@ 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)) {
+ DECLARE_MAC_BUF(macbuf);
+
+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_EEPROM,
+ "eeprom contains invalid mac address: %s\n",
+ print_mac(macbuf, common->macaddr));
+
+ random_ether_addr(common->macaddr);
+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_EEPROM,
+ "random mac address will be used: %s\n",
+ print_mac(macbuf, common->macaddr));
+ }
return 0;
}