[PATCH] ipw2200: set MAC address on radiotap interface

Daniel Drake <[email protected]> Wed, 2 Apr 2008 20:33:54 +0100 (BST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general,gmane.linux.drivers.ipw2100.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Commit bada339ba24dee9e143bfb42e1dc61f146619846 enforces that all
interfaces have a valid MAC address before they are brought up.

ipw2200 does not assign a MAC address to it's radiotap interface, meaning
that the radiotap interface cannot be brought up in 2.6.24.
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215714

Fix this by copying the MAC address from the real interface.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index a56d9fc..b34c275 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -11576,6 +11576,7 @@ static int ipw_prom_alloc(struct ipw_priv *priv)
 	priv->prom_priv->priv = priv;
 
 	strcpy(priv->prom_net_dev->name, "rtap%d");
+	memcpy(priv->prom_net_dev->dev_addr, priv->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	priv->prom_net_dev->type = ARPHRD_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP;
 	priv->prom_net_dev->open = ipw_prom_open;
-- 
1.5.4.5

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