From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Miguel Borges de Freitas <miguelborgesdefreitas@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Patch include request] ARM: dts: imx6qdl-sr-som-ti: indicate powering off wifi is safe
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 11:58:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200504095832.GA1277837@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC4G8N75VkqDug9AmhvMQnXr8bOvC9cu_jUwZVUKwpvWr6pO5A@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 09:23:49PM +0100, Miguel Borges de Freitas wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> This is a request to backport b7dc7205b2ae6b6c9d9cfc3e47d6f08da8647b10
> (Arm: dts: imx6qdl-sr-som-ti: indicate powering off wifi is safe),
> already in Linus tree
> (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6qdl-sr-som-ti.dtsi?h=v5.7-rc3&id=b7dc7205b2ae6b6c9d9cfc3e47d6f08da8647b10)
> to LTS kernel 5.4 and to stable 5.6.8.
>
> Reasoning:
>
> Changes to the wlcore driver during Kernel 5.x development, made the
> Cubox-i with the IMX SOM v1.5 (which includes.a TI Wilink 8 wifi
> chipset) not power the wireless interface on boot leaving it
> completely unusable. This happens since at least kernel 5.3 (older one
> I tested) and affects the current stable and LTS latest kernels. The
> linked commit, already in linux mainline, restores the wifi
> functionality.
>
> Thanks in advance,
Now queued up, thanks.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-04 9:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-01 20:23 [Patch include request] ARM: dts: imx6qdl-sr-som-ti: indicate powering off wifi is safe Miguel Borges de Freitas
2020-05-04 9:58 ` Greg KH [this message]
2020-05-04 10:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
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