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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Marcos Garcia <magazo2005@gmail.com>
Cc: philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com, dan.carpenter@linaro.org,
	karanja99erick@gmail.com, rodrigo.gobbi.7@gmail.com,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH staging] staging: rtl8723bs: replace magic numbers in rtl8723b_InitBeaconParameters()
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:16:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025070110-unroll-hurried-ac37@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2025070117-poise-busily-bd0d@gregkh>

On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 10:02:54AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 09:40:49AM +0200, Marcos Garcia wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Replace hardcoded values in rtl8723b_InitBeaconParameters() with defined constants
> > TBTT_PROHIBIT_VENDOR_DEFAULT (0x6404) and BCNTCFG_AIFS_MAX (0x660F) for clarity and
> > maintainability, addressing the TODO comment in the code.
> > 
> > The values were sourced from the following documentation:
> > - REG_TBTT_PROHIBIT (Offset 0x0540): Bits [15:8] = 0x64 (100ms prohibit time, 1ms units),
> >   Bits [7:0] = 0x04 (2ms margin, 0.5ms units), as per RTL8723BS Datasheet v1.5,
> >   Section 7.3.1.5 and RTL8723BS Programming Guide, p. 112.
> > - REG_BCNTCFG (Offset 0x0510): 0x660F sets max AIFS (0x0F) to prioritize beacon
> >   transmission, as per RTL8723BS Datasheet v1.5, Section 7.3.1.3.
> > 
> > Hi Dan,
> > 
> > Thank you for your detailed feedback — I truly appreciate it. I tried to contact you
> > earlier, but it seems my email didn't reach you. This is my first kernel contribution,
> > and I started by addressing TODO comments, thinking they were straightforward. I now
> > realize even these changes require deep hardware understanding. I used AI to assist with
> > parts of the commit message, but I didn't review it thoroughly enough, and I take full
> > responsibility for the vague comments. I could only find limited references to these
> > values, and the documentation seems restricted. I apologize for any oversight and
> > promise to research more carefully in the future. Thank you for your guidance.
> 
> None of this needs to be in the changelog text, please read the
> documentation for how to properly submit patches, especially second
> version of patches.

Make that the third version of this patch.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-07-01  8:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-01  7:40 [PATCH staging] staging: rtl8723bs: replace magic numbers in rtl8723b_InitBeaconParameters() Marcos Garcia
2025-07-01  8:02 ` Greg KH
2025-07-01  8:16   ` Greg KH [this message]
2025-07-01 14:10 ` Dan Carpenter

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