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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c index 47f410ed7cd4..ee9fb52cec62 100644 --- 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 ath_hw *ah) 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; } |