From: Bruno Randolf <br1@thinktube.com>
To: Alessandro Lannocca <alessandro.lannocca@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, helmut.schaa@googlemail.com,
IvDoorn@gmail.com, gwingerde@gmail.com
Subject: Re: rt3070-based usb device won't accept mac address changes
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 00:40:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <519AB452.2010903@thinktube.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMfPB_yVuSD765CAycUtdWBTvEEam=MpdCGKpWDJAvFiEjvLrw@mail.gmail.com>
On 05/18/2013 10:07 PM, Alessandro Lannocca wrote:
> After digging a bit into linux-stable.git I found the culprit: this
> regression comes from commit #
> 6c50f9459e62eb133563fd23606f68bfc9d120e8 (rt2x00: Use addr_mask to
> disallow invalid MAC addresses in mutli-bssid mode) ; reverting it
> fixes the problem, tested by me in compat-drivers-2013-03-28-5-u .
>
>
> I can't tell if reverting that commit adds any trouble as I'm not a
> developer; however I'm sure you guys will know how to handle the
> situation.
Basically the driver got more picky and only allows the last 3 bit of
the MAC address changed. I just found out that if you generate your new
MAC accordingly it works!
I wonder wether this is addr_mask is necessary for all RT chipsets,
since mine (RT5372) happily accepted different MAC addresses before,
also in multi-AP configurations...
bruno
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-20 23:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-18 15:10 rt3070-based usb device won't accept mac address changes Alessandro Lannocca
2013-05-18 16:42 ` Bruno Randolf
2013-05-18 21:07 ` Alessandro Lannocca
2013-05-20 23:40 ` Bruno Randolf [this message]
2013-05-21 8:16 ` Helmut Schaa
2013-05-21 15:07 ` R: " Alessandro Lannocca
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