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Hans de Goede 4af4c0b93c wifi: brcmfmac: Replace default (not configured) MAC with a random MAC
On some boards there is no eeprom to hold the nvram, in this case instead
a board specific nvram is loaded from /lib/firmware. On most boards the
macaddr=... setting in the /lib/firmware nvram file is ignored because
the wifi/bt chip has a unique MAC programmed into the chip itself.

But in some cases the actual MAC from the /lib/firmware nvram file gets
used, leading to MAC conflicts.

The MAC addresses in the troublesome nvram files seem to all come from
the same nvram file template, so we can detect this by checking for
the template nvram file MAC.

Detect that the default MAC address is being used and replace it
with a random MAC address to avoid MAC address conflicts.

Note that udev will detect this is a random MAC based on
/sys/class/net/wlan0/addr_assign_type and then replace this with
a MAC based on hashing the netdev-name + the machine-id. So that
the MAC address is both guaranteed to be unique per machine while
it is still the same/persistent at each boot (assuming the
default Link.MACAddressPolicy=persistent udev setting).

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220708133712.102179-2-hdegoede@redhat.com
2022-07-28 12:58:11 +03:00
arch Merge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2022-07-22 16:55:44 -07:00
block block: fix missing blkcg_bio_issue_init 2022-07-14 10:54:49 -06:00
certs Certs changes 2022-06-21 12:13:53 -05:00
crypto crypto: s390 - do not depend on CRYPTO_HW for SIMD implementations 2022-07-06 20:04:06 -07:00
Documentation wireless-next patches for v5.20 2022-07-25 18:20:52 -07:00
drivers wifi: brcmfmac: Replace default (not configured) MAC with a random MAC 2022-07-28 12:58:11 +03:00
fs for-5.19-rc7-tag 2022-07-16 13:48:55 -07:00
include wireless-next patches for v5.20 2022-07-25 18:20:52 -07:00
init gcc-12: disable '-Warray-bounds' universally for now 2022-06-09 10:11:12 -07:00
ipc ipc: Free mq_sysctls if ipc namespace creation failed 2022-06-22 17:47:41 -05:00
kernel Merge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2022-07-22 16:55:44 -07:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2022-07-21 13:03:39 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/LGPL-2.1: Add LGPL-2.1-or-later as valid identifiers 2021-12-16 14:33:10 +01:00
mm mm: split huge PUD on wp_huge_pud fallback 2022-07-03 15:42:33 -07:00
net net: delete extra space and tab in blank line 2022-07-25 19:38:31 -07:00
samples Merge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2022-07-22 16:55:44 -07:00
scripts Merge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2022-07-22 16:55:44 -07:00
security lockdown: Fix kexec lockdown bypass with ima policy 2022-07-20 09:56:48 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - Enable the headset-mic on a Xiaomi's laptop 2022-07-13 12:42:41 +02:00
tools Merge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2022-07-22 16:55:44 -07:00
usr Not a lot of material this cycle. Many singleton patches against various 2022-05-27 11:22:03 -07:00
virt KVM: x86: disable preemption around the call to kvm_arch_vcpu_{un|}blocking 2022-06-09 10:52:20 -04:00
.clang-format clang-format: Fix space after for_each macros 2022-05-20 19:27:16 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore kbuild: split the second line of *.mod into *.usyms 2022-05-08 03:16:59 +09:00
.mailmap cxl fixes for 5.19-rc6 2022-07-08 12:55:25 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: mark ARM/PALM TREO SUPPORT orphan 2022-07-07 15:17:00 +02:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2022-07-21 13:03:39 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.19-rc7 2022-07-17 13:30:22 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.