Re: [PATCH 0/1] rtl8xxxu: Workaround for 8192eu/8723bu not reconnecting

[Jes Sorensen]

Kalle Valo  writes:
> Jes Sorensen  writes:
>
>> Luca Coelho  writes:
>>> On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 10:46 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
 jes.soren...@redhat.com writes:
 
 > From: Jes Sorensen 
 > 
 > Hi,
 > 
 > This patch works around the issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not
 > being able to reconnect. It is still not clear why this fails, and
 > looking at rtlwifi it does issue the command for 8192ee and 8723be
 > devices.
 > 
 > Until we have a better idea of what is going on, I have commented out
 > the offending code. I prefer not deleting it until we have a better
 > understanding of why this is causing issues.
 > 
 > Credits to Barry Day for tracking down and isolating the issue.
 > 
 > Kalle, not sure if this can make it to 4.9, but if it's possible it
 > would be ideal since this is causing real issues in the field.
 
 For 4.9 this is too late, sorry. I'll queue this to 4.10.
>>>
>>> You should then CC stable so it gets into 4.9.x when it reaches 4.10.
>>
>> Yeah good idea - Kalle do you want me to repost it with the CC line or
>> are you happy to add it?
>
> I can add it. To which stable releases should this go to?

Lets target 4.8 and 4.9 - I just verified it applies against 4.8.

Thanks,
Jes

Re: [PATCH 0/1] rtl8xxxu: Workaround for 8192eu/8723bu not reconnecting

[Kalle Valo]

Jes Sorensen  writes:

> Luca Coelho  writes:
>> On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 10:46 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>> jes.soren...@redhat.com writes:
>>> 
>>> > From: Jes Sorensen 
>>> > 
>>> > Hi,
>>> > 
>>> > This patch works around the issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not
>>> > being able to reconnect. It is still not clear why this fails, and
>>> > looking at rtlwifi it does issue the command for 8192ee and 8723be
>>> > devices.
>>> > 
>>> > Until we have a better idea of what is going on, I have commented out
>>> > the offending code. I prefer not deleting it until we have a better
>>> > understanding of why this is causing issues.
>>> > 
>>> > Credits to Barry Day for tracking down and isolating the issue.
>>> > 
>>> > Kalle, not sure if this can make it to 4.9, but if it's possible it
>>> > would be ideal since this is causing real issues in the field.
>>> 
>>> For 4.9 this is too late, sorry. I'll queue this to 4.10.
>>
>> You should then CC stable so it gets into 4.9.x when it reaches 4.10.
>
> Yeah good idea - Kalle do you want me to repost it with the CC line or
> are you happy to add it?

I can add it. To which stable releases should this go to?

-- 
Kalle Valo

Re: [PATCH 0/1] rtl8xxxu: Workaround for 8192eu/8723bu not reconnecting

[Jes Sorensen]

Luca Coelho  writes:
> On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 10:46 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> jes.soren...@redhat.com writes:
>> 
>> > From: Jes Sorensen 
>> > 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > This patch works around the issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not
>> > being able to reconnect. It is still not clear why this fails, and
>> > looking at rtlwifi it does issue the command for 8192ee and 8723be
>> > devices.
>> > 
>> > Until we have a better idea of what is going on, I have commented out
>> > the offending code. I prefer not deleting it until we have a better
>> > understanding of why this is causing issues.
>> > 
>> > Credits to Barry Day for tracking down and isolating the issue.
>> > 
>> > Kalle, not sure if this can make it to 4.9, but if it's possible it
>> > would be ideal since this is causing real issues in the field.
>> 
>> For 4.9 this is too late, sorry. I'll queue this to 4.10.
>
> You should then CC stable so it gets into 4.9.x when it reaches 4.10.

Yeah good idea - Kalle do you want me to repost it with the CC line or
are you happy to add it?

Cheers,
Jes

Re: [PATCH 0/1] rtl8xxxu: Workaround for 8192eu/8723bu not reconnecting

[Luca Coelho]

On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 10:46 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
> jes.soren...@redhat.com writes:
> 
> > From: Jes Sorensen 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This patch works around the issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not
> > being able to reconnect. It is still not clear why this fails, and
> > looking at rtlwifi it does issue the command for 8192ee and 8723be
> > devices.
> > 
> > Until we have a better idea of what is going on, I have commented out
> > the offending code. I prefer not deleting it until we have a better
> > understanding of why this is causing issues.
> > 
> > Credits to Barry Day for tracking down and isolating the issue.
> > 
> > Kalle, not sure if this can make it to 4.9, but if it's possible it
> > would be ideal since this is causing real issues in the field.
> 
> For 4.9 this is too late, sorry. I'll queue this to 4.10.

You should then CC stable so it gets into 4.9.x when it reaches 4.10.

--
Luca.

Re: [PATCH 0/1] rtl8xxxu: Workaround for 8192eu/8723bu not reconnecting

[Kalle Valo]

jes.soren...@redhat.com writes:

> From: Jes Sorensen 
>
> Hi,
>
> This patch works around the issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not
> being able to reconnect. It is still not clear why this fails, and
> looking at rtlwifi it does issue the command for 8192ee and 8723be
> devices.
>
> Until we have a better idea of what is going on, I have commented out
> the offending code. I prefer not deleting it until we have a better
> understanding of why this is causing issues.
>
> Credits to Barry Day for tracking down and isolating the issue.
>
> Kalle, not sure if this can make it to 4.9, but if it's possible it
> would be ideal since this is causing real issues in the field.

For 4.9 this is too late, sorry. I'll queue this to 4.10.

-- 
Kalle Valo