diff --git a/target/linux/ar7/patches-2.6.24/170-_cpmac_phy_fix.diff b/target/linux/ar7/patches-2.6.24/170-_cpmac_phy_fix.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13563c6b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar7/patches-2.6.24/170-_cpmac_phy_fix.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+diff -pruN linux-2.6.24.2.old/drivers/net/cpmac.c linux-2.6.24.2/drivers/net/cpmac.c
+--- linux-2.6.24.2.old/drivers/net/cpmac.c	2008-03-20 20:33:01.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.24.2/drivers/net/cpmac.c	2008-03-20 20:47:31.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1112,7 +1112,8 @@ static int external_switch;
+ 
+ static int __devinit cpmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+ {
+-	int rc, phy_id, i;
++	int rc, i;
++	int phy_id;
+ 	int mdio_bus_id = cpmac_mii.id;
+ 	struct resource *mem;
+ 	struct cpmac_priv *priv;
+@@ -1132,7 +1133,7 @@ static int __devinit cpmac_probe(struct 
+ 
+ 	if (phy_id == PHY_MAX_ADDR) {
+ 		if (external_switch || dumb_switch) {
+-			mdio_bus_id = 0; /* fixed phys bus */
++			mdio_bus_id = 0; 
+ 			phy_id = pdev->id;
+ 		} else {
+ 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no PHY present\n");
+@@ -1178,9 +1179,7 @@ static int __devinit cpmac_probe(struct 
+ 	priv->msg_enable = netif_msg_init(debug_level, 0xff);
+ 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, pdata->dev_addr, sizeof(dev->dev_addr));
+ 
+-	snprintf(priv->phy_name, BUS_ID_SIZE, PHY_ID_FMT, mdio_bus_id, phy_id);
+-
+-	priv->phy = phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_name, &cpmac_adjust_link, 0,
++	priv->phy = phy_connect(dev, cpmac_mii.phy_map[phy_id]->dev.bus_id, &cpmac_adjust_link, 0,
+ 				PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII);
+ 	if (IS_ERR(priv->phy)) {
+ 		if (netif_msg_drv(priv))
+@@ -1222,13 +1221,13 @@ static struct platform_driver cpmac_driv
+ 	.remove = __devexit_p(cpmac_remove),
+ };
+ 
+-int __devinit cpmac_init(void)
++int __devinit cpmac_init(struct platform_device *pldev, long long base)
+ {
+ 	u32 mask;
+ 	int i, res;
+ 
++	cpmac_mii.id=pldev->id;
+ 	cpmac_mii.priv = ioremap(AR7_REGS_MDIO, 256);
+-
+ 	if (!cpmac_mii.priv) {
+ 		printk(KERN_ERR "Can't ioremap mdio registers\n");
+ 		return -ENXIO;