Re: r8188eu driver in 5.15 only shows wifi networks on channel 11

Phillip Potter
2021-11-06T21:33:54Z

On Sat, Nov 06, 2021 at 03:56:54PM -0400, Zameer Manji wrote:
> Hello Larry,
>
> For the record, I am in the FCC domain but on my device the regulatory
> domain was
> not configured. When I was debugging the issue, I did set the domain
> with `iw reg set US`,
> however I now realize I set it _after_ the module was loaded, which is
> probably not
> what I should have done.
>
> I look forward to the release of the patch.
>
> On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 3:46 PM Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/6/21 14:29, Zameer Manji wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I was able to build and test a kernel from Phillip's github repo and I
> > > can confirm the patch fixes the issue I observed.
> > >
> > > Thank you Larry and Phillip for your help. Would it be possible to
> > > have this patch queued up for a 5.15.1 fix? I was
> > > testing out 5.15 because I read it would be the next LTS kernel.
> >
> > I will submit the official patch with "Fixes" and "Stable" tags. That should get
> > it propagated into 5.15.x as soon as the patch hits mainline. In the meantime,
> > keep using the kernel you just built.
> >
> > Thanks for bisecting and testing. I suspect that most of us are in the FCC
> > domain, but that you are not; which is why you were affected.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Zameer Manji

I will leave that repo up for the next day or two, and take it down once
Larry has submitted the patch and it has been merged. Glad it works for
you :-)

Regards,
Phil