Re: [PATCH 0/1] rtl8xxxu: Workaround for 8192eu/8723bu not reconnecting

[Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>]

Luca Coelho <luca@coelho.fi> writes:
> On Wed, 2016-11-30 at 10:46 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com writes:
>> 
>> > From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
>> > 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > This patch works around the issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not
>> > being able to reconnect. It is still not clear why this fails, and
>> > looking at rtlwifi it does issue the command for 8192ee and 8723be
>> > devices.
>> > 
>> > Until we have a better idea of what is going on, I have commented out
>> > the offending code. I prefer not deleting it until we have a better
>> > understanding of why this is causing issues.
>> > 
>> > Credits to Barry Day for tracking down and isolating the issue.
>> > 
>> > Kalle, not sure if this can make it to 4.9, but if it's possible it
>> > would be ideal since this is causing real issues in the field.
>> 
>> For 4.9 this is too late, sorry. I'll queue this to 4.10.
>
> You should then CC stable so it gets into 4.9.x when it reaches 4.10.

Yeah good idea - Kalle do you want me to repost it with the CC line or
are you happy to add it?

Cheers,
Jes