package/mac80211/patches/403-ath9k-fix-invalid-mac-address-handling.patch

   1 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
   2 +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
   3 @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   4   */
   5
   6  #include <linux/io.h>
   7 +#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
   8  #include <asm/unaligned.h>
   9
  10  #include "hw.h"
  11 @@ -494,8 +495,18 @@ static int ath9k_hw_init_macaddr(struct
  12                 common->macaddr[2 * i] = eeval >> 8;
  13                 common->macaddr[2 * i + 1] = eeval & 0xff;
  14         }
  15 -       if (sum == 0 || sum == 0xffff * 3)
  16 -               return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
  17 +       if (!is_valid_ether_addr(common->macaddr)) {
  18 +               DECLARE_MAC_BUF(macbuf);
  19 +
  20 +               ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_EEPROM,
  21 +                       "eeprom contains invalid mac address: %s\n",
  22 +                       print_mac(macbuf, common->macaddr));
  23 +
  24 +               random_ether_addr(common->macaddr);
  25 +               ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_EEPROM,
  26 +                       "random mac address will be used: %s\n",
  27 +                       print_mac(macbuf, common->macaddr));
  28 +       }
  29
  30         return 0;
  31  }