Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 3 authors, 2007-09-29

Re: iwlwifi scan question

From: Ian Schram <hidden>
Date: 2007-09-29 13:08:34
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds


Johannes Berg wrote:
When iwlwifi scans in firmware, which MAC address does it use? What if
you've added multiple virtual interfaces as you said you could support?

johannes
I couldn't follow all the rest of this thread but i think the patch below
is what you were initially after.
I'll also send this patch to ipw3945-devel mailinglist, so it can take the
same route as my other patches.


Signed-off-by: Ian Schram <redacted>
diff --git a/origin/iwl3945-base.c b/origin/iwl3945-base.c
index 90ad47f..0cdfbd7 100644
--- a/origin/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/origin/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -6915,7 +6915,7 @@ static int iwl_mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,

 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 	priv->interface_id = conf->if_id;
-
+	memcpy(priv->mac_addr,conf->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);

 	mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
diff --git a/origin/iwl4965-base.c b/origin/iwl4965-base.c
index e40c159..c3d0845 100644
--- a/origin/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/origin/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -7305,7 +7305,7 @@ static int iwl_mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,

 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 	priv->interface_id = conf->if_id;
-
+	memcpy(priv->mac_addr,conf->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);

 	mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
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