Currently setting the MAC address via ath9k_platform_data works only due
to the order in which init.c sets common->macaddr, which is done after
ath9k_hw_init_macaddr was executed. It would be better if the latter
was independent of the order in which it's being called.
Signed-off-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumensti...@googlemail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index 4f98ca0..4dd3aca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -478,21 +478,25 @@ static int ath9k_hw_init_macaddr(struct ath_hw *ah)
u16 eeval;
static const u32 EEP_MAC[] = { EEP_MAC_LSW, EEP_MAC_MID, EEP_MAC_MSW };
+ /* MAC address may already be loaded via ath9k_platform_data */
+ if (is_valid_ether_addr(common->macaddr))
+ return 0;
+
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
eeval = ah->eep_ops->get_eeprom(ah, EEP_MAC[i]);
common->macaddr[2 * i] = eeval >> 8;
common->macaddr[2 * i + 1] = eeval & 0xff;
}
- 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);
- }
+ if (is_valid_ether_addr(common->macaddr))
+ return 0;
+
+ 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;
}
--
2.9.0
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