Re: [PATCHv2 wireless] wifi: mt76: fix MAC address for non OF pcie cards

From: Klara Modin

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 05:28:51 EST


On 2026-07-22 08:40:56 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 21.07.26 22:22, Klara Modin wrote:
> > On 2026-07-06 16:28:57 -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> > > If seems the check for err is wrong as the proper macaddr gets written
> > > to from the EEPROM itself. Meaning checking err from of_get_mac_address is
> > > wrong as the proper macaddr has been written by this point.
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ajRmlyx_AEGybykL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > Reported-by: Tobias Klausmann <klausman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Closes:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/30a90714-02d8-45f2-a7f1-4cfe0627d50b@skade.local/
> > > Fixes: 31ee1582717e ("wifi: mt76: fix of_get_mac_address error handling")
> > > Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Tested-by: Tobias Klausmann <klausman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Tested-by: Klara Modin <klarasmodin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v2: add extra tags and target wireless
> > > drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c
> > > index b99d7452800f..afdb73661866 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/eeprom.c
> > > @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ mt76_eeprom_override(struct mt76_phy *phy)
> > > if (err == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> > > return err;
> > > - if (err) {
> > > + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(phy->macaddr)) {
> > > eth_random_addr(phy->macaddr);
> > > dev_info(dev->dev,
> > > "Invalid MAC address, using random address %pM\n",
> > > --
> > > 2.55.0
> > >
> >
> > Ping. No one seems to have picked this up yet, but I suppose it is
> > holiday season.
> It's in the mt76-fixes pull request that I just sent.
>
> - Felix

Thanks!