--- /sys/src/9/pc/etheriwl.c
+++ /sys/src/9/pc/etheriwl.c
@@ -329,7 +329,18 @@
 	SchedTransTblOff	= 0x7E0,		// +q*2
 };
 
+/*
+ * uCode capabilities
+ */
 enum {
+	/* capa[0] */
+	UcodeCapLar	= (1<<1),
+	
+	/* capa[2] */
+	UcodeCapLar2	= (1<<9),
+};
+
+enum {
 	FilterPromisc		= 1<<0,
 	FilterCtl		= 1<<1,
 	FilterMulticast		= 1<<2,
@@ -635,7 +646,7 @@
 	Type2030	= 12,
 	Type2000	= 16,
 
-	Type7260	= 30,
+	Type7260	= 20,
 	Type8265	= 35,
 };
 
@@ -1984,7 +1995,7 @@
 	*p++ = mcc[0];
 	*p++ = 0;
 	*p++ = 0;	// reserved
-	if(1){
+	if(ctlr->fw->capa[2] & UcodeCapLar2){
 		p += 4;
 		p += 5*4;
 	}
@@ -2272,7 +2283,9 @@
 			ea[5] = a1 >> 0;
 		}
 	} else {
-		readnvmsect(ctlr, 0, ea, Eaddrlen, 0x15<<1);
+		/* fw gets angry if we read 6 bytes instead of 8 */
+		readnvmsect(ctlr, 0, buf, 8, 0x15<<1);
+		memmove(ea, buf, Eaddrlen);
 	}
 	memmove(ctlr->edev->addr, ea, Eaddrlen);
 
@@ -2822,13 +2835,13 @@
 	return cmd(ctlr, 210, c, 11*4);
 }
 
-static void
+static char*
 tttxbackoff(Ctlr *ctlr)
 {
 	uchar c[4];
 	
 	put32(c, 0);
-	cmd(ctlr, 126, c, sizeof(c));
+	return cmd(ctlr, 126, c, sizeof(c));
 }
 
 static char*
@@ -2897,16 +2910,16 @@
 
 		/* Initialize tx backoffs to the minimum. */
 		if(ctlr->family == 7000)
-			tttxbackoff(ctlr);
+			if((err = tttxbackoff(ctlr)) != nil)
+				return err;
 
 		if((err = updatedevicepower(ctlr)) != nil){
 			print("can't update device power: %s\n", err);
 			return err;
 		}
-		if((err = sendmccupdate(ctlr, "ZZ")) != nil){
-			print("can't disable beacon filter: %s\n", err);
-			return err;
-		}
+		if(ctlr->fw->capa[0] & UcodeCapLar)
+			if((err = sendmccupdate(ctlr, "ZZ")) != nil)
+				return err;
 		if((err = disablebeaconfilter(ctlr)) != nil){
 			print("can't disable beacon filter: %s\n", err);
 			return err;
@@ -3452,7 +3465,7 @@
 		return "qcmd: broken";
 	}
 	/* wake up the nic (just needed for 7k) */
-	if(ctlr->family == 7000 && q->n == 0)
+	if(ctlr->family == 7000 && qid == 4 && q->n == 0)
 		if(niclock(ctlr) != nil){
 			iunlock(ctlr);
 			return "qcmd: busy";
@@ -4283,8 +4296,8 @@
 		if(tx != nil && tx->n > 0){
 			tx->n--;
 			wakeup(tx);
-			/* unlock 7k family nics as all commands are done */
-			if(ctlr->family == 7000 && tx->n == 0)
+			/* unlock 7k family nics as the command is done */
+			if(ctlr->family == 7000 && qid == 4 && tx->n == 0)
 				nicunlock(ctlr);
 		}
 	}