[PATCH v2] ath79: engenius,eXXX: fix MAC assignment

Rosen Penev rosenp at gmail.com
Mon May 4 12:07:32 PDT 2026


On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at terefe.re> wrote:
>
> From: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>
>
> Partially revert d6d90566d1cd. Unfortunately the ethaddr value in U-Boot
> environment is enclosed in double quotes which makes it longer than
> ETH_ALEN, thus nvmem returns EINVAL. Switch back to handling the MAC
> addresses in user space.
> While at it, specify proper environment size.
>
> Fixes: d6d90566d1cd ("ath79: engenius,eXXX: use nvmem")
> Fixes: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/22963
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>
> ---
>
> v2
> Keep nvmem node.
> Specify correct environment size.
> Add Fixes tag.
>
>  target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9557_engenius_esr1200.dts    |  8 ++++----
>  target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_epg5000.dts    |  8 ++++----
>  target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr1750.dts    |  8 ++++----
>  target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr900.dts     |  8 ++++----
>  target/linux/ath79/dts/qca955x_senao_router-dual.dtsi  | 10 +---------
>  .../ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network    |  1 +
>  .../base-files/etc/hotplug.d/ieee80211/10_fix_wifi_mac |  9 +++++++++
>  .../generic/base-files/lib/preinit/10_fix_eth_mac.sh   |  6 ++++++
>  8 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9557_engenius_esr1200.dts b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9557_engenius_esr1200.dts
> index 5faf3277fab7..23dd0523354b 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9557_engenius_esr1200.dts
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9557_engenius_esr1200.dts
> @@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
>  };
>
>  &wmac {
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 1>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
>
>  &wifi0 {
>         compatible = "qcom,ath10k";
>
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 0>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_epg5000.dts b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_epg5000.dts
> index 560436b0df9b..1ad6d0f8dd10 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_epg5000.dts
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_epg5000.dts
> @@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
>  };
>
>  &wmac {
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 1>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
>
>  &wifi0 {
>         compatible = "qcom,ath10k";
>
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 0>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr1750.dts b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr1750.dts
> index 52075d248133..adb6ba3dd245 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr1750.dts
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr1750.dts
> @@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
>  };
>
>  &wmac {
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 1>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
>
>  &wifi0 {
>         compatible = "qcom,ath10k";
>
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 0>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr900.dts b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr900.dts
> index 9ceacb0199b0..c8f37645a4e4 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr900.dts
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9558_engenius_esr900.dts
> @@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
>  };
>
>  &wmac {
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 0>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_1000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
>
>  &wifi0 {
>         compatible = "pci168c,0033";
>
> -       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>, <&macaddr_uboot_eth 1>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration", "mac-address";
> +       nvmem-cells = <&calibration_art_5000>;
> +       nvmem-cell-names = "calibration";
>  };
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca955x_senao_router-dual.dtsi b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca955x_senao_router-dual.dtsi
> index b8680772ce11..e47d34e374bf 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca955x_senao_router-dual.dtsi
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca955x_senao_router-dual.dtsi
> @@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
>
>         phy-handle = <&phy0>;
>         pll-data = <0xa6000000 0x00000101 0x00001616>;
> -
> -       nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_uboot_eth 0>;
> -       nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
>  };
>
>  &mdio0 {
> @@ -77,12 +74,7 @@
>
>                                 nvmem-layout {
>                                         compatible = "u-boot,env";
> -                                       #address-cells = <1>;
> -                                       #size-cells = <1>;
> -
> -                                       macaddr_uboot_eth: ethaddr {
> -                                               #nvmem-cell-cells = <1>;
> -                                       };
> +                                       env-size = <0x1000>;
>                                 };
>                         };
>
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> index 1d5ddc605c43..f409c1c89739 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> @@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ ath79_setup_macs()
>         engenius,esr1200|\
>         engenius,esr1750|\
>         engenius,esr900)
> +               lan_mac=$(mtd_get_mac_ascii u-boot-env ethaddr)
>                 wan_mac=$(mtd_get_mac_ascii u-boot-env wanaddr)
>                 ;;
>         hak5,lan-turtle|\
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/ieee80211/10_fix_wifi_mac b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/ieee80211/10_fix_wifi_mac
> index 0ef322e898ec..d8a92f227cef 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/ieee80211/10_fix_wifi_mac
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/hotplug.d/ieee80211/10_fix_wifi_mac
> @@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ case "$board" in
>                 [ "$PHYNBR" -eq 1 ] && \
>                         mtd_get_mac_ascii devdata wlan24mac > /sys${DEVPATH}/macaddress
>                 ;;
> +       engenius,epg5000|\
> +       engenius,esr1200|\
> +       engenius,esr1750|\
> +       engenius,esr900)
> +               [ "$PHYNBR" -eq 0 ] && \
> +                       macaddr_add "$(mtd_get_mac_ascii u-boot-env ethaddr)" 1 > /sys${DEVPATH}/macaddress
> +               [ "$PHYNBR" -eq 1 ] && \
> +                       macaddr_add "$(mtd_get_mac_ascii u-boot-env ethaddr)" 0 > /sys${DEVPATH}/macaddress
> +               ;;
does uboot have a different variable by any chance? I see a different
engenius device uses athaddr.
>         phicomm,k2t)
>                 [ "$PHYNBR" -eq 0 ] && \
>                         k2t_get_mac "5g_mac" > /sys${DEVPATH}/macaddress
> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/lib/preinit/10_fix_eth_mac.sh b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/lib/preinit/10_fix_eth_mac.sh
> index 1126a1eefc02..4b6cb7b6ede0 100644
> --- a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/lib/preinit/10_fix_eth_mac.sh
> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/lib/preinit/10_fix_eth_mac.sh
> @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ preinit_set_mac_address() {
>                 ip link set dev eth0 address $(mtd_get_mac_ascii bdcfg "lanmac")
>                 ip link set dev eth1 address $(mtd_get_mac_ascii bdcfg "wanmac")
>                 ;;
> +       engenius,epg5000|\
> +       engenius,esr1200|\
> +       engenius,esr1750|\
> +       engenius,esr900)
> +               ip link set dev eth0 address $(mtd_get_mac_ascii u-boot-env ethaddr)
> +               ;;
>         siemens,ws-ap3610)
>                 ip link set dev eth0 address $(mtd_get_mac_ascii cfg1 ethaddr)
>                 ;;
> --
> 2.54.0
>
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