From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:57760 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S970318AbdAFMiN (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2017 07:38:13 -0500 Subject: Patch "rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree To: Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com, briselec@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, kvalo@codeaurora.org Cc: , From: Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:37:10 +0100 Message-ID: <1483706230212192@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: rtl8xxxu-work-around-issue-with-8192eu-and-8723bu-devices-not-reconnecting.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From c59f13bbead475096bdfebc7ef59c12e180858de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jes Sorensen Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:59:02 -0500 Subject: rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting From: Jes Sorensen commit c59f13bbead475096bdfebc7ef59c12e180858de upstream. The H2C MEDIA_STATUS_RPT command for some reason causes 8192eu and 8723bu devices not being able to reconnect. Reported-by: Barry Day Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c @@ -4372,6 +4372,13 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen1_report_connect(struct void rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv, u8 macid, bool connect) { +#ifdef RTL8XXXU_GEN2_REPORT_CONNECT + /* + * Barry Day reports this causes issues with 8192eu and 8723bu + * devices reconnecting. The reason for this is unclear, but + * until it is better understood, leave the code in place but + * disabled, so it is not lost. + */ struct h2c_cmd h2c; memset(&h2c, 0, sizeof(struct h2c_cmd)); @@ -4383,6 +4390,7 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect(struct h2c.media_status_rpt.parm &= ~BIT(0); rtl8xxxu_gen2_h2c_cmd(priv, &h2c, sizeof(h2c.media_status_rpt)); +#endif } void rtl8xxxu_gen1_init_aggregation(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com are queue-4.9/rtl8xxxu-work-around-issue-with-8192eu-and-8723bu-devices-not-reconnecting.patch