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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/b44.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index ea2a2b548e3..25f1337cd02 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -2082,6 +2082,11 @@ static int __devinit b44_get_invariants(struct b44 *bp)
addr = sdev->bus->sprom.et0mac;
bp->phy_addr = sdev->bus->sprom.et0phyaddr;
}
+ /* Some ROMs have buggy PHY addresses with the high
+ * bits set (sign extension?). Truncate them to a
+ * valid PHY address. */
+ bp->phy_addr &= 0x1F;
+
memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, addr, 6);
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(&bp->dev->dev_addr[0])){