wl1271: Remove device MAC-address randomization
authorJuuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:53:19 +0000 (12:53 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:39:13 +0000 (14:39 -0400)
This patch removes the MAC address randomization from the driver. This removes
a nasty Nokia-OUI dependency from the driver.

With this patch, unless an address is explicitly configured to the driver
by the user, only a zero address will be configured, and the driver will be
unable to start.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Teemu Paasikivi <ext-teemu.3.paasikivi@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c

index 864503048257a2ae21d8ce6078f38a3909fd5dbf..4a2f1d772adcc51237af9a53f0a2a98c4f0b6d83 100644 (file)
@@ -2143,7 +2143,6 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *wl1271_alloc_hw(void)
        struct platform_device *plat_dev = NULL;
        struct wl1271 *wl;
        int i, ret;
-       static const u8 nokia_oui[3] = {0x00, 0x1f, 0xdf};
 
        hw = ieee80211_alloc_hw(sizeof(*wl), &wl1271_ops);
        if (!hw) {
@@ -2195,13 +2194,6 @@ struct ieee80211_hw *wl1271_alloc_hw(void)
        wl->state = WL1271_STATE_OFF;
        mutex_init(&wl->mutex);
 
-       /*
-        * FIXME: we should use a zero MAC address here, but for now we
-        * generate a random Nokia address.
-        */
-       memcpy(wl->mac_addr, nokia_oui, 3);
-       get_random_bytes(wl->mac_addr + 3, 3);
-
        /* Apply default driver configuration. */
        wl1271_conf_init(wl);