A random (little endian eeprom'd) ar9278 card didn't work on my PowerMac G5 without allowing the driver to byte-swap the eeprom. Introduce a module parameter endian_check to allow this to happen, and the PCIe card to function correctly on BE powerpc. Signed-off-by: Bas Vermeulen <bvermeul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c index fa58a32227f5..421039dc060a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static int ath9k_ps_enable; module_param_named(ps_enable, ath9k_ps_enable, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(ps_enable, "Enable WLAN PowerSave"); +static int ath9k_endian_check; +module_param_named(endian_check, ath9k_endian_check, int, 0444); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(endian_check, "Check EEPROM for endianness compatibility"); #ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_CHANNEL_CONTEXT int ath9k_use_chanctx; @@ -587,7 +590,8 @@ static int ath9k_of_init(struct ath_softc *sc) ether_addr_copy(common->macaddr, mac); ah->ah_flags &= ~AH_USE_EEPROM; - ah->ah_flags |= AH_NO_EEP_SWAP; + if (!ath9k_endian_check) + ah->ah_flags |= AH_NO_EEP_SWAP; return 0; } -- 2.16.2 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
