brcmsmac: allow user-space setting of interface address
The interface address of the wireless device is determined by
the permanent address stored in the device. This patch allows
it to be overridden from user-space.
Reported-by: Maximilian Engelhardt <maxi@daemonizer.de>
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Piotr Haber <phaber@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 5f0f444f..c26992a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -2473,6 +2473,7 @@
static void brcms_b_mute(struct brcms_hardware *wlc_hw, bool mute_tx)
{
static const u8 null_ether_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+ u8 *ethaddr = wlc_hw->wlc->pub->cur_etheraddr;
if (mute_tx) {
/* suspend tx fifos */
@@ -2482,8 +2483,7 @@
brcms_b_tx_fifo_suspend(wlc_hw, TX_AC_VI_FIFO);
/* zero the address match register so we do not send ACKs */
- brcms_b_set_addrmatch(wlc_hw, RCM_MAC_OFFSET,
- null_ether_addr);
+ brcms_b_set_addrmatch(wlc_hw, RCM_MAC_OFFSET, null_ether_addr);
} else {
/* resume tx fifos */
brcms_b_tx_fifo_resume(wlc_hw, TX_DATA_FIFO);
@@ -2492,8 +2492,7 @@
brcms_b_tx_fifo_resume(wlc_hw, TX_AC_VI_FIFO);
/* Restore address */
- brcms_b_set_addrmatch(wlc_hw, RCM_MAC_OFFSET,
- wlc_hw->etheraddr);
+ brcms_b_set_addrmatch(wlc_hw, RCM_MAC_OFFSET, ethaddr);
}
wlc_phy_mute_upd(wlc_hw->band->pi, mute_tx, 0);