Re: rt2x00 regression

[Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 07:00:20PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Sending this again, but this time also to Stanislaw's email address
> currently found in MAINTAINERS.
>
> Stanislaw, can you help with this regression?

Yes. 

I'll check on mail archives what is the status and what can be done.

Stanislaw

> Helmut: or can you help somehow to get things rolling again?
> 
> Ciao, Thorsten, your Linux kernel regression tracker
> 
> On 05.11.21 14:25, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> > Lo, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker speaking.
> > 
> > On 01.10.21 08:56, Kalle Valo wrote:
> >> (adding regressions list for easier tracking)
> > 
> > Thx for this, that's how it got on the radar of regzbot, my Linux kernel
> > regression tracking bot:
> > https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/regzbot/regression/87czop5j33.fsf@tynnyri.adurom.net/
> > 
> > 
> >> Exuvo <exuvo@exuvo.se> writes:
> >>
> >>> I would like to get this resolved, is there any more information you need from me?
> >>>
> >>> I have been manually patching this all year with:
> >>>
> >>> drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
> >>> - if (rt2x00dev->num_proto_errs > 8)
> >>> -    return true;
> >>>
> >>> It seems to just be some part of rt2800_load_firmware that is not
> >>> supported on my device and generating errors but it has been running
> >>> without problems in AP mode with daily usage.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>>>>>>>> This most likely is the problem introduced by commit:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> commit e383c70474db32b9d4a3de6dfbd08784d19e6751
> >>>>>>>>> Author: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
> >>>>>>>>> Date:   Tue Mar 12 10:51:42 2019 +0100
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>      rt2x00: check number of EPROTO errors
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Plase check below patch that increase number of EPROTO checks
> >>>>>>>>> before marking device removed. If it does not help, plese
> >>>>>>>>> check if reverting above commits helps.
> >>
> >> Should we do a revert? Can someone submit that including an explanation
> >> of the regression.
> > 
> > Afaics nothing happened since then. Or did I miss anything? How can we
> > get the ball rolling again?
> > 
> > Stanislaw, is there anything Exuvo (who offered to help afaics) could
> > test to get us closer to a fix?
> > 
> > Ciao, Thorsten
> > 
> > P.S.: I have no personal interest in this issue and watch it using
> > regzbot. Hence, feel free to exclude me on further messages in this
> > thread after the first reply, as I'm only posting this mail to hopefully
> > get a status update and things rolling again.
> 
> #regzbot poke