[PATCH] ssb: pci: Fix flipping of MAC address
Larry Finger
Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net
Wed Mar 13 15:14:25 EDT 2013
On 03/13/2013 01:18 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 03:38:26PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
>> Since commit e565275 entitled "ssb: pci: Standardize a function to get mac
>> address", the SPROM readout of the MAC has had the values flipped so that
>> 00:11:22:33:44:55 became 11:00:33:22:55:44. The fix has been tested on both
>> little- and big-endian architectures.
>>
>> Reported-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
>> ---
>>
>> John,
>>
>> This bug was introduced in 3.9, and should be fixed there.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Larry
>> ---
>>
>> Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/ssb/pci.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/ssb/pci.c
>> +++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/ssb/pci.c
>> @@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ static void sprom_get_mac(char *mac, con
>> {
>> int i;
>> for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
>> - *mac++ = in[i];
>> *mac++ = in[i] >> 8;
>> + *mac++ = in[i];
>> }
>> }
>
> Actually, FWIW it seems to have been introduced in commit
> e5652756ff36ed9e1283121f788e6a17117efcab, which is slated for 3.10.
> I'm happy to merge it in wireless-next.
After further checking, I agree that it is not in 3.9. As long as the fix is
merged before 3.10, all will be OK.
Sorry for the confusion.
Larry
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