Dan Lenski <[email protected]> writes:
> This patch increases the default value for the maximum number of polling
> loops to wait for the rtl8xxxu MCU to start after the firmware is loaded
> (from 1000 to 5000).
>
> With RTL8723AU chipset, I frequently encounter "Firmware failed to start"
> errors from rtl8xxxu after a cold boot.
>
> It appears that other chipsets supported by the driver have the same
> problem. Here are a couple of relevant bug reports:
> - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2321756
> - https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg4942468.html
>
> This issue seems to occur because RTL8XXXU_FIRMWARE_POLL_MAX (1000) is
> too short, and the MCU fails to start up as quickly as expected.
>
> With a longer value (5000), the driver starts up consistently and
> successfully after cold-boot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Lenski <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

As previously pointed out, please provide some details about the system
where this goes wrong.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.h
> b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.h
> index f2a1bac..39c6ce7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu.h
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
>  #define TX_PAGE_NUM_NORM_PQ          0x02
>  
>  #define RTL_FW_PAGE_SIZE             4096
> -#define RTL8XXXU_FIRMWARE_POLL_MAX   1000
> +#define RTL8XXXU_FIRMWARE_POLL_MAX   5000

This is a long delay - how about 2000?

Jes
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