Some ROMs on embedded devices store incorrect values for
the PHY address of the ethernet device.
It looks like the number is sign-extended.
Truncate the value by applying the PHY-address mask to it.
The patch was tested on a bcm47xx embedded system (where the bug
triggers) and a bcm4400 PCI card.
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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])){