From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
To: YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn>,
"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: use firmware MAC address as fallback
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 01:22:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4d1e5555bad84badba213f11b431c762@realtek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260901124551.3921506-1-raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn>
YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn> wrote:
> Some devices provide the Wi-Fi MAC address through firmware instead of
> storing a valid address in the chip efuse.
>
> Try to read the MAC address from firmware before falling back to a
> randomly generated address.
Please share the board and WiFi chip you are using.
>
> Signed-off-by: YuChia-Kan <raspberrykan@stu.hqu.edu.cn>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c
> index cd9254370fcc..b9d8e0f5d15e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c
> @@ -2060,8 +2060,12 @@ static int rtw_chip_efuse_info_setup(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev)
> efuse->ext_lna_5g = efuse->lna_type_5g & BIT(3) ? 1 : 0;
>
> if (!is_valid_ether_addr(efuse->addr)) {
> - eth_random_addr(efuse->addr);
> - dev_warn(rtwdev->dev, "efuse MAC invalid, using random\n");
> + mac_ret = device_get_mac_address(rtwdev->dev, efuse->addr);
mac_ret isn't declared.
> + if (mac_ret) {
> + eth_random_addr(efuse->addr);
> + dev_warn(rtwdev->dev,
> + "failed to get valid MAC address, using random\n");
> + }
> }
>
> out_disable:
> --
> 2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 1:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-01 12:45 YuChia-Kan
2026-09-02 1:22 ` Ping-Ke Shih [this message]
[not found] ` <SEZPR04MB617269B16E24E662180A7678FFB72@SEZPR04MB6172.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com>
2026-09-02 2:33 ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-09-02 3:10 ` 回复: " raspberrykan
2026-09-02 2:46 ` [PATCH v2] " YuChia-Kan
2026-09-02 3:14 ` [PATCH v3] " YuChia-Kan
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