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authorArend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>2012-11-15 06:46:12 +0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-11-16 23:28:53 +0400
commit0b63cb71f1e6b74a6f68a9c7b10d823fd9914d0a (patch)
tree62c7b1a6b54f4130b68e1eb92b0d66090f8f19f9 /drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac
parent9bcb74f919db1965fa74393d4b545e7b489e91fb (diff)
downloadlinux-0b63cb71f1e6b74a6f68a9c7b10d823fd9914d0a.tar.xz
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.c12
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");