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

Phillip Potter
2021-11-06T16:59:43Z

On Sat, Nov 06, 2021 at 11:48:08AM -0400, Zameer Manji wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have bisected the regression to
> ```
> commit 221abd4d478ab52fd17de9287fa302ac0e06f7b3
> Author: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu Aug 12 02:25:19 2021 +0200
>
> staging: r8188eu: Remove no more necessary definitions and code
> ```
>
> Prior to this change the device can see all networks on all channels.
> With this change, the device can only see networks on channel 11.
> I suspect this might be specific to the RTL8188EUS variant
> of the hardware. Unfortunately I don't know enough about
> this driver or the hardware to understand where the issue
> is in the change.
>
> Full bisection log is here
> ```

Hi Zameer,

Thanks for doing this bisection, super useful. I will have a play after
my daughter has gone to bed and see if I can see anything :-)

Assuming me or someone else finds the cause, would you be happy to test
a patch?

Regards,
Phil