RE: [PATCH v3] wifi: rtlwifi: rtl_usb: Use sync register writes

[Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2024 10:57 PM
> To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>; Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] wifi: rtlwifi: rtl_usb: Use sync register writes
> 
> Currently rtl_usb performs register writes using the async
> usb_submit_urb() function. This appears to work fine for the RTL8192CU,
> but the RTL8192DU (soon to be supported by rtlwifi) has a problem:
> it transmits everything at the 1M rate in the 2.4 GHz band. (The 5 GHz
> band is still untested.)
> 
> With this patch, rtl_usb performs the register writes using the
> synchronous usb_control_msg() function, and the RTL8192DU works
> normally. The RTL8192CU still works.
> 
> The vendor drivers use the async writes in only one function,
> rtl8192du_trigger_gpio_0 / rtl8192cu_trigger_gpio_0, which probably
> doesn't even run in real life. They use sync writes everywhere else.
> 
> Also, remove "sync" and "async" from the names of the members of
> struct rtl_io to avoid confusion:
> 
> write{8,16,32}_async -> write{8,16,32}
>  read{8,16,32}_sync  ->  read{8,16,32}
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>