Re: [PATCH v2] rtl8xxxu: fix RTL8723BU connection failure issue after warm reboot

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Oct 21 2019 - 04:29:28 EST


Chris Chiu <chiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 10:26 AM Chris Chiu <chiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 9:54 AM Chris Chiu <chiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > The RTL8723BU has problems connecting to AP after each warm reboot.
>> > Sometimes it returns no scan result, and in most cases, it fails
>> > the authentication for unknown reason. However, it works totally
>> > fine after cold reboot.
>> >
>> > Compare the value of register SYS_CR and SYS_CLK_MAC_CLK_ENABLE
>> > for cold reboot and warm reboot, the registers imply that the MAC
>> > is already powered and thus some procedures are skipped during
>> > driver initialization. Double checked the vendor driver, it reads
>> > the SYS_CR and SYS_CLK_MAC_CLK_ENABLE also but doesn't skip any
>> > during initialization based on them. This commit only tells the
>> > RTL8723BU to do full initialization without checking MAC status.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Chris Chiu <chiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Sorry, I forgot to add Jes.
>>
>> Chris
>> > ---
>> >
>> > Note:
>> > v2: fix typo of commit message
>> >
>> >
>
> Gentle ping. Cheers.

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