mac820154: don't set monitor dev_addr
This patch removes the setting of dev_addr on a monitor device. This
address should be zero. A monitor should only sniff and send raw frames
out. The address should be never used by upper layers and receiving
frame parsing.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
diff --git a/net/mac802154/iface.c b/net/mac802154/iface.c
index 4630ceb..d635f36 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/iface.c
@@ -416,12 +416,14 @@
/* for compatibility, actual default is 3 */
wpan_dev->frame_retries = -1;
- ieee802154_be64_to_le64(&wpan_dev->extended_addr, sdata->dev->dev_addr);
wpan_dev->pan_id = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_PANID_BROADCAST);
wpan_dev->short_addr = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_BROADCAST);
switch (type) {
case IEEE802154_DEV_WPAN:
+ ieee802154_be64_to_le64(&wpan_dev->extended_addr,
+ sdata->dev->dev_addr);
+
sdata->dev->header_ops = &mac802154_header_ops;
sdata->dev->destructor = mac802154_wpan_free;
sdata->dev->netdev_ops = &mac802154_wpan_ops;