On 03/24/2010 02:21 PM, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 March 2010 15:16:03 Larry Finger wrote:
>> I have modified ssb to supply a MAC address of 80:80:80:80:80:80, rather than
>
> What about also setting the local-assignment bit for this temporary address?
>
>> The one remaining problem is that the interface has already been renamed before
>> 60-persistent-b43-mac.rules is processed. In my case, the interface is wlan13,
>> not wlan0. After I manually modified 60-..., then the new address is applied.
>> I'm still working on this problem.
>
> Well, udev scripts are processed in alphabetical order. Can't you simply run
> the persistent mac rules before the persistent ifname rules?
I finally figured out the problem I was having. The address attribute was not
being changed by the "ifconfig" call that changed the hardware address. The fix
is to create a new environment when the hardware address and lock out the rule
generation process when that value is detected. The new code for
/lib/udev/rules.d/65-persistent-b43-mac-generator.rules is as follows (Note:
These files are line-wrapped here.):
#=======================================
#
# Rules file to assign a unique, permanent address to BCM43XX devices without
# an SPROM.
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 by Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@xxxxxxxxx>
# Copyright (c) 2010 by Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
# skip this code if action is not add, i.e. change or remove
ACTION!="add", GOTO="persistent_b43_mac_generator_end"
# Use the value of the MAC_CHANGED environment variable to see if the address
# has already been changed.
ENV{MAC_CHANGED}=="yes", GOTO="persistent_b43_mac_generator_end"
# Call script to get a random address - if this device previously encountered,
# the address will already have been changed.
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="82:82:82:82:82:82",
IMPORT{program}="write_persistent_b43_mac"
# Apply the new hardware address returned by the script
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="82:82:82:82:82:82", RUN+="/sbin/ifconfig
$env{INTERFACE} hw ether $env{MACADDRESS_NEW}"
LABEL="persistent_b43_mac_generator_end"
#=======================================
The code for /lib/udev/write_persistent_b43_mac is as follows:
#=======================================
#!/bin/bash
# Script to Generate a random MAC address for a BCM43XX device without
# an SPROM.
#
# Copyright (c) 2010 by Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@xxxxxxxxx>
# Copyright (c) 2010 by Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
# Use /dev/urandom to generate the last 5 bytes of the address.
# Make the first byte 2 to avoid generating a multicast address and to set
# the locally administered address bit.
MACADDRESS=$(/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=5 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/od -tx1
| /usr/bin/head -1 | \
/usr/bin/cut -d' ' -f2- | /usr/bin/awk '{ print "02:"$1":"$2":"$3":"$4":"$5 }')
# Define the output rules file
RULES_FILE='/etc/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-b43-mac.rules'
. /lib/udev/rule_generator.functions
# Prevent concurrent processes from modifying the file at the same time.
lock_rules_file
# Check if the rules file is writeable.
choose_rules_file
# The rule should apply for all wlan devices -s some other wireless driver might
# be loaded first - change wlanNN to wlan*
GEN_PATH=$(echo $DEVPATH | /usr/bin/sed s/wlan[0-9]*/wlan*/)
# Output new rule
echo "SUBSYSTEM==\"net\", DEVPATH==\"$GEN_PATH\",
ATTR{address}==\"82:82:82:82:82:82\", ENV{MAC_CHANGED}=\"yes\",
RUN+=\"/sbin/ifconfig \$env{INTERFACE} hw ether $MACADDRESS\"" >> $RULES_FILE
# Report the new address back to the caller who will set the address for this
new interface
echo "MACADDRESS_NEW=$MACADDRESS"
unlock_rules_file
exit 0
#=======================================
Is there a location to put a tar file containing the script and rules files?
Larry
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