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wimax/i2400m: generate fake source MAC address with random_ether_addr()
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The WiMAX i2400m driver needs to generate a fake source MAC address to
fake an ethernet header (for destination, the card's MAC is
used). This is the source of the packet, which is the basestation it
came from. The basestation's mac address is not usable for this, as it
uses its own namespace and it is not always available.

Currently the fake source MAC address was being set to all zeros,
which was causing trouble with bridging.

Use random_ether_addr() to generate a proper one that creates no
trouble.

Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
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Inaky Perez-Gonzalez committed May 29, 2009
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/driver.c
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* unregister_netdev()
*/
#include "i2400m.h"
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/wimax/i2400m.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
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result = i2400m_read_mac_addr(i2400m);
if (result < 0)
goto error_read_mac_addr;
random_ether_addr(i2400m->src_mac_addr);

result = register_netdev(net_dev); /* Okey dokey, bring it up */
if (result < 0) {
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/i2400m.h
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* delivered. Then the driver can release them to the host. See
* drivers/net/i2400m/rx.c for details.
*
* @src_mac_addr: MAC address used to make ethernet packets be coming
* from. This is generated at i2400m_setup() time and used during
* the life cycle of the instance. See i2400m_fake_eth_header().
*
* @init_mutex: Mutex used for serializing the device bringup
* sequence; this way if the device reboots in the middle, we
* don't try to do a bringup again while we are tearing down the
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unsigned rx_pl_num, rx_pl_max, rx_pl_min,
rx_num, rx_size_acc, rx_size_min, rx_size_max;
struct i2400m_roq *rx_roq; /* not under rx_lock! */
u8 src_mac_addr[ETH_HLEN];

struct mutex msg_mutex; /* serialize command execution */
struct completion msg_completion;
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/netdev.c
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void i2400m_rx_fake_eth_header(struct net_device *net_dev,
void *_eth_hdr, __be16 protocol)
{
struct i2400m *i2400m = net_dev_to_i2400m(net_dev);
struct ethhdr *eth_hdr = _eth_hdr;

memcpy(eth_hdr->h_dest, net_dev->dev_addr, sizeof(eth_hdr->h_dest));
memset(eth_hdr->h_source, 0, sizeof(eth_hdr->h_dest));
memcpy(eth_hdr->h_source, i2400m->src_mac_addr,
sizeof(eth_hdr->h_source));
eth_hdr->h_proto = protocol;
}

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