From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84849217656; Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1733742115; cv=none; b=AA8MwbSsd34Ig5F+NFe0N9DcvzmZDcifGsGXml1IRKxzvygVtHrCjLXVm8ciSsUbvLK6i+f6Ygx9KSBLzLOE/bgiF0mC0R3TB9gGwPE0Hu43e5g8IiYK/dIojefrHva1R77hhxSm7gwfpfCq9Rqr8kbS2/9UiaEDmLUzVnaz9Qw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1733742115; c=relaxed/simple; bh=BTD6Nq7Hyt9oanQjIFlZhjxksd0IkVLulg5hidZbUPw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Dek2PgQJHErQfqjo3U3KIBUNAgn/Rb5rRRI2qgDJqE4VipZJUKo9MVaXZuRX/QWNRI5sbiLm3HGNCwJLI/rP5fVr9+eQqrYlv+NLp4GtfElHKh4Jnhqg4bQ3HYmquIWeuyAHWdjKs6dgiOKBetG95c7uIgOlIxwnP60tE5XBH0s= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=FFjo47Rv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="FFjo47Rv" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C7451C4CEDE; Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:01:53 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1733742115; bh=BTD6Nq7Hyt9oanQjIFlZhjxksd0IkVLulg5hidZbUPw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=FFjo47Rvx1IsuaSfSG5z9G6Gzj1XQU8xH7qMipu2oo3C+ror65st/MjmkdWHOb9iL hD1H9cP1l9/gVRBZlF4K1zPm0nJgdk6AFQhFtIGIdML7hV7+mP4ENk2p/JAJXuYIJ4 CY1LBVHhKwJ/+k74e2dw/szo7u71R7LuxdmlbcaKpP3dEBLAlkH02CwkkGoUsz/u02 rDUG79gJZTYb6AMq2uUzm4CnV3/pAN6ZW1Iy0O8ae2GCusew8zx3QkakCAl9/Fq7G7 nQit97q7gGTiADXP95qpVIRkh0shnKtiXXkhf+87jwAlVvtDkn8+NLya7QdrEWD/Yn cf8CoFZFPmgSA== From: Kalle Valo To: Hans de Goede Cc: Ping-Ke Shih , Jes Sorensen , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" , Peter Robinson Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: add more missing rtl8192cu USB IDs References: <20241107140833.274986-1-hdegoede@redhat.com> <6cf370a2-4777-4f25-95ab-43f5c7add127@RTEXMBS04.realtek.com.tw> <094431c4-1f82-43e0-b3f0-e9c127198e98@redhat.com> <8e0a643ecdc2469f936c607dbd555b4c@realtek.com> <1d59a602-053a-47f1-9dac-5c95483d07b6@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:01:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1d59a602-053a-47f1-9dac-5c95483d07b6@redhat.com> (Hans de Goede's message of "Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:30:39 +0100") Message-ID: <87ldwpt90g.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hans de Goede writes: > Hi, > > On 9-Dec-24 1:26 AM, Ping-Ke Shih wrote: >> Hans de Goede wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 18-Nov-24 3:23 AM, Ping-Ke Shih wrote: >>>> Hans de Goede wrote: >>>> >>>>> The rtl8xxxu has all the rtl8192cu USB IDs from rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c >>>>> except for the following 10, add these to the untested section so they >>>>> can be used with the rtl8xxxu as the rtl8192cu are well supported. >>>>> >>>>> This fixes these wifi modules not working on distributions which have >>>>> disabled CONFIG_RTL8192CU replacing it with CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED, >>>>> like Fedora. >>>>> >>>>> Closes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2321540 >>>>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org >>>>> Cc: Peter Robinson >>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede >>>>> Reviewed-by: Peter Robinson >>>> >>>> 1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks. >>>> >>>> 31be3175bd7b wifi: rtl8xxxu: add more missing rtl8192cu USB IDs >>> >>> Thank you for merging this, since this is a bugfix patch, see e.g. : >>> >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2321540 >>> >>> I was expecting this patch to show up in 6.13-rc1 but it does >>> not appear to be there. >>> >>> Can you please include this in a fixes-pull-request to the network >>> maintainer so that gets added to a 6.13-rc# release soon and then >>> can be backported to various stable kernels ? >>> >> >> This patch stays in rtw.git and 6.14 will have it, and then drain to stable >> trees. For the redhat users, could you ask the distro maintainer to take this >> patch ahead? > > That is not how things are supposed to work. You are supposed to have a fixes > tree/branch and a next tree/branch and fixes should be send out ASAP. Please understand that we are more or less volunteers and working with limited time. > Ideally you would have already send this out as a fixes pull-request for > 6.12 but waiting till 6.14 really is not acceptable IMHO. If you have an important fix please document that somehow, for example "[PATCH wireless]" or "[PATCH v6.13]". If there's nothing like that most likely the patch goes to -next, we (in wireless) don't take every fix to -rc. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches