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Re: [PATCH] ath9k_hw: Fix STA (AR9485) bringup issue due to incorrect MAC address

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On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Senthil Balasubramanian
> <senthilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Due to some recent optimization done in the way the mac address
>> bytes are written into the OTP memory, some AR9485 chipsets were
>> forced to use the first byte from the eeprom template and as AR9485
>> happens to use generic eeprom template which has 0x1 as the first
>> byte causes issues in bringing up the card.
>>
>> So fixed the eeprom template accordingly to address the issue.
>>
>> Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I don't follow the description too well, all I can tell from it is
> that there is an issue if the template has 0x01 set instead of 0x0 but
> it doesn't tell me why.

Is this not a stable fix?

  Luis
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