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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c index cff0bbdd9f5..2a3579f6791 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ struct qmi_wwan_state { struct usb_interface *data; }; +/* default ethernet address used by the modem */ +static const u8 default_modem_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x02, 0x50, 0xf3}; + /* Make up an ethernet header if the packet doesn't have one. * * A firmware bug common among several devices cause them to send raw @@ -317,6 +320,12 @@ next_desc: usb_driver_release_interface(driver, info->data); } + /* Never use the same address on both ends of the link, even + * if the buggy firmware told us to. + */ + if (!compare_ether_addr(dev->net->dev_addr, default_modem_addr)) + eth_hw_addr_random(dev->net); + /* make MAC addr easily distinguishable from an IP header */ if (possibly_iphdr(dev->net->dev_addr)) { dev->net->dev_addr[0] |= 0x02; /* set local assignment bit */ |