On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:49:21 +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote: > On Feb 08, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 23:08:09 +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote: > > > If mac80211 adds a vif with a different mac address respect to > > > the eeprom one, the device will not be able to connect to the ap > > > since the hw address has not been updated. > > > Fix the issue updating hw mac address in mt7601u_add_interface routine > > > > > > BugLink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1516935 > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/main.c | 3 +++ > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/main.c > > > index 43ebd460ba86..3c9ea40d9584 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/main.c > > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/main.c > > > @@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ static int mt7601u_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, > > > */ > > > mvif->idx = idx; > > > > > > + if (!ether_addr_equal(dev->macaddr, vif->addr)) > > > + mt7601u_set_macaddr(dev, vif->addr); > > > + > > > if (dev->wcid_mask[wcid / BITS_PER_LONG] & BIT(wcid % BITS_PER_LONG)) > > > return -ENOSPC; > > > dev->wcid_mask[wcid / BITS_PER_LONG] |= BIT(wcid % BITS_PER_LONG); > > > > Sorry, my recollection of mac80211 code is waning, but can't we have > > more than one vif as long as they are on the same channel? > > Hi Jakub, > > yep, you are right, but according to my understanding (please correct me if > it is wrong) current implementation supports just one interface in sta mode > (i.e. mvif->idx is always 0) so my patchset just fixes the issue highlighted > in the bugzilla since I do not know if the hw supports multiple concurrent vifs > in client mode. If so, I can extend the support to multiple client vifs if it is > a way to properly configure the rx filters to allow reception from multiple mac > addresses. Ah, you're probably right, perhaps we would have one vif but multiple stas.
