Re: ath6kl_usb - ping problems when compiled for sh4.

[nick@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk]

Hi Mohammed, did you get chance to look at the corrupted MAC address problem?

Regards

Nick Thomas


> Message Received: Mar 22 2013, 05:28 AM
> From: "Mohammed Shafi" 
> To: nick@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk
> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: ath6kl_usb - ping problems when compiled for sh4.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:55 PM,  wrote:
> > Hi Mohammed,
> >
> > OK, so I added the same printks further down in that function.
> > There is a memcpy in there, and I added the same debug just after the memcpy.
> >
> > And, the eth_hdr->h_dest has been changed to a wrong MAC address - by something.
> >
> > And, it must be something wrong in skb_push .
> 
> good Nick, I' ll try to analyze this.
> what platform are you using ? (is it a big/little endian)
> 
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Message Received: Mar 21 2013, 02:09 PM
> >> From: nick@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk
> >> To: "Mohammed Shafi"
> >> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> >> Subject: Re: ath6kl_usb - ping problems when compiled for sh4.
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Mohammed,
> >>
> >> I've added some debug at the top of ath6kl_wmi_dix_2_dot3 function.
> >>
> >> Just after:
> >>
> >> eth_hdr = (struct ethhdr *) skb->data;
> >> type = eth_hdr->h_proto;
> >>
> >> I added some debug to print all the values of eth_hdr->h_dest and eth_hdr->h_source .
> >> And, all look correct at that point.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Nick
> >>
> >>
> >> > Message Received: Mar 21 2013, 01:35 PM
> >> > From: nick@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk
> >> > To: "Mohammed Shafi"
> >> > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> >> > Subject: Re: ath6kl_usb - ping problems when compiled for sh4.
> >> >
> >> > Hi Mohammed,
> >> >
> >> > What do you need to me to do on this?
> >> > I see that function in the wmi.c file.
> >> >
> >> > Do you want me to add some debug printk's in there somewhere?
> >> >
> >> > Regards
> >> >
> >> > Nick
> >> >
> >> > > Message Received: Mar 21 2013, 11:42 AM
> >> > > From: "Mohammed Shafi"
> >> > > To: nick@nhthomas.freeserve.co.uk
> >> > > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> >> > > Subject: Re: ath6kl_usb - ping problems when compiled for sh4.
> >> > >
> >> > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:33 PM, wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Here is another example, taken from Wireshark.
> >> > > > It's an ARP response, effectively saying IP address 192.168.0.107 is at 00:03:7f:20:50:59
> >> > > >
> >> > > > This is a message coming out of the wifi adaptor, and the above numbers are the IP address, and MAC address of the wifi device.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 7f 20 50 59 00 24 00 03 7f 20 50 59 08 06 00 01
> >> > > > 08 00 06 04 00 02 00 03 7f 20 50 59 c0 a8 00 07
> >> > > > 20 cf 30 94 83 7b c0 a8 00 65
> >> > > >
> >> > > > What we see here is the Destination MAC address is 7f:20:50:59:00:24 (first 6 bytes).
> >> > > > But that's wrong. It should be 20:cf:30:94:83:7b .
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The other parts look right though:
> >> > > > 00:03:7f:20:50:59 is the MAC of the wifi device.
> >> > > > c0 a8 00 65 is 192.168.0.101 which is the IP address of the destination.
> >> > > > c0 a8 00 07 is the IP address of the wifi adaptor itself.
> >> > >
> >> > > let us check in ath6kl_wmi_dix_2_dot3, that should give us some clue.
> >> > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > So, where in the code is the first 6 bytes generated ?
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Regards
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Nick
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > thanks,
> >> > > shafi
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