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| author | Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> | 2012-11-14 18:46:12 -0800 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2012-11-16 14:28:53 -0500 |
| commit | 0b63cb71f1e6b74a6f68a9c7b10d823fd9914d0a (patch) | |
| tree | 62c7b1a6b54f4130b68e1eb92b0d66090f8f19f9 /drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac | |
| parent | 9bcb74f919db1965fa74393d4b545e7b489e91fb (diff) | |
| download | linux-0b63cb71f1e6b74a6f68a9c7b10d823fd9914d0a.tar.bz2 | |
brcmfmac: remove mac address validation from brcmf_net_attach()
The mac_addr field in ifp object is always valid so no need to
validate.
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Franky Lin <frankyl@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c index 9a590cb06d93..51cbc7234583 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c @@ -648,7 +648,6 @@ int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp) { struct brcmf_pub *drvr = ifp->drvr; struct net_device *ndev; - u8 temp_addr[ETH_ALEN]; brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "ifidx %d mac %pM\n", ifp->idx, ifp->mac_addr); ndev = ifp->ndev; @@ -659,21 +658,14 @@ int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp) else ndev->netdev_ops = &brcmf_netdev_ops_virt; - /* - * determine mac address to use - */ - if (is_valid_ether_addr(ifp->mac_addr)) - memcpy(temp_addr, ifp->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN); - else - memcpy(temp_addr, drvr->mac, ETH_ALEN); - ndev->hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN + drvr->hdrlen; ndev->ethtool_ops = &brcmf_ethtool_ops; drvr->rxsz = ndev->mtu + ndev->hard_header_len + drvr->hdrlen; - memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, temp_addr, ETH_ALEN); + /* set the mac address */ + memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, ifp->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN); if (register_netdev(ndev) != 0) { brcmf_dbg(ERROR, "couldn't register the net device\n"); |