From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] realtek: rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix lockups on boot
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 15:29:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <564504AF.5030201@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a8qj56yz.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com>
On 11/12/2015 01:54 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> writes:
>
>> In commit 54328e64047a5 ("rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix system lockups on boot"),
>> an attempt was made to fix a regression introduced in commit 1277fa2ab2f9
>> ("rtlwifi: Remove the clear interrupt routine from all drivers").
>> Unfortunately, there were logic errors in that patch that prevented
>> affected boxes from booting even after that patch was applied.
>>
>> The actual cause of the original problem is unknown as none of the
>> developers have systems that are affected.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
>> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [V4.1+]
>
> I think the "realtek:" prefix is superfluous, "rtlwifi:" should be
> enough. I'll also add a fixes line before I commit this:
>
> Fixes: 54328e64047a ("rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix system lockups on boot")
I'll drop the extra prefix in the future. Your extra line is good.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-12 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-10 16:46 [PATCH] realtek: rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix lockups on boot Larry Finger
2015-11-12 19:54 ` Kalle Valo
2015-11-12 21:29 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2015-11-17 13:59 ` Kalle Valo
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