the following patch fixes a bug in the CS89xx net device which
would set new MAC address through SIOCSIFHWADDR _only_ when
net_debug is set, which is obviously not what it was meant to do.
The original code bogusly interpreted the addr argument as a buffer
containing the MAC address instead of a struct sockaddr.
Applies as-is to 2.4.20 and with offset to 2.5.69. Please forward
it to Linus and Marcelo. This bug has been found and fixed by
Stefano Fedrigo <aleph@develer.com>.
--- linux-2.4.20.orig/drivers/net/cs89x0.c 2002-08-03 02:39:44.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.20/drivers/net/cs89x0.c 2003-01-18 19:00:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -1629,16 +1629,21 @@
}
-static int set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
+static int set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
{
int i;
+ struct sockaddr *addr = p;
+
if (netif_running(dev))
return -EBUSY;
+
+ memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
+
if (net_debug) {
printk("%s: Setting MAC address to ", dev->name);
- for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
- printk(" %2.2x", dev->dev_addr[i] = ((unsigned char *)addr)[i]);
+ for (i = 0; i < dev->addr_len; i++)
+ printk(" %2.2x", dev->dev_addr[i]);
printk(".\n");
}
/* set the Ethernet address */
-- // Bernardo Innocenti - Develer S.r.l., R&D dept. \X/ http://www.develer.com/Please don't send Word attachments. See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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