Re: [PATCH 1/2] mwifiex: Use non-posted PCI register writes

Andy Shevchenko
2021-09-01T15:48:25Z

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 5:02 PM Jonas Dreßler <verdre@v0yd.nl> wrote:
> On 8/30/21 2:49 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM Jonas Dreßler <verdre@v0yd.nl> wrote:

...

> > Thanks for all this work!
> >
> > Nevertheless, do we have any commits that may be a good candidate to
> > be in the Fixes tag here?

> I don't think there's any commit we could point to, given that the bug
> is probably somewhere in the firmware code.

Here (in the commit message)...

> >> + /* Do a read-back, which makes the write non-posted,
> ensuring the
> >> + * completion before returning.
> >
> >> + * The firmware of the 88W8897 card is buggy and this avoids
> crashes.
> >
> > Any firmware version reference? Would be nice to have just for the
> > sake of record.
>
> Pretty sure the crash is present in every firmware that has been
> released, I've tried most of them. FTR, the current firmware version is
> 15.68.19.p21.

...and here it would be nice to state this version, so in the future
we will have a right landmark.

> >> + */

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko