From d6c4215a1f0c2c0a6694780df2952bdf5b38b493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steffen Mauch <steffen.mauch@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 21:14:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pcbnew: EAGLE importer does map value to wrong layer if
 nothing is defined in original EAGLE footprint

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/10311

(cherry picked from commit 55b782d66e25a4f946da06e3601eafc4248b45d1)
---
 pcbnew/plugins/eagle/eagle_plugin.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pcbnew/plugins/eagle/eagle_plugin.cpp b/pcbnew/plugins/eagle/eagle_plugin.cpp
index e364c8d688..13905a78dc 100644
--- a/pcbnew/plugins/eagle/eagle_plugin.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/plugins/eagle/eagle_plugin.cpp
@@ -1708,6 +1708,11 @@ FOOTPRINT* EAGLE_PLUGIN::makeFootprint( wxXmlNode* aPackage, const wxString& aPk
     // Get the first package item and iterate
     wxXmlNode* packageItem = aPackage->GetChildren();
 
+    // layer 27 is default layer for tValues
+    // set default layer for created footprint
+    PCB_LAYER_ID layer = kicad_layer( 27 );
+    m.get()->Value().SetLayer( layer );
+
     while( packageItem )
     {
         const wxString& itemName = packageItem->GetName();