From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
Taketo Kabe <kabe@sra-tohoku.co.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43: fix DMA error related regression with proprietary firmware
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:59:58 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180920115958.A472660BF7@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180827153407.5612-1-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> In commit 66cffd6daab7 ("b43: fix transmit failure when VT is switched"),
> a condition is noted where the network controller needs to be reset. Note
> that this situation happens when running the open-source firmware
> (http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/), plus a number of other special
> conditions.
>
> for a different card model, it is reported that this change breaks
> operation running the proprietary firmware
> (https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=153504546924558&w=2). Rather
> than reverting the previous patch, the code is tweaked to avoid the
> reset unless the open-source firmware is being used.
>
> Fixes: 66cffd6daab7 ("b43: fix transmit failure when VT is switched")
> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.18+
> Cc: Taketo Kabe <kabe@sra-tohoku.co.jp>
> Reported-and-tested-by: D. Prabhu <d.praabhu@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.
2823c8716c68 b43: fix DMA error related regression with proprietary firmware
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10577379/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-20 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-27 15:34 [PATCH] b43: Fix regression in kernel 4.18 Larry Finger
2018-08-31 15:38 ` Kalle Valo
[not found] ` <20180831153808.DD4246049C@smtp.codeaurora.org>
2018-08-31 16:15 ` Larry Finger
2018-09-20 11:59 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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