Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: ar5523: enable proper endpoint verification

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Apr 29 2024 - 08:24:08 EST


Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@xxxxxx> writes:

> Hi
>
> On 2024-04-28, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
>> On 2024-04-25, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> > Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > > Nikita Zhandarovich <n.zhandarovich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> [...]
>> > > Does anyone have a real device to test this? I have had so much problems with
>> > > syzbot fixes in the past that I'm hesitant to take such patches without
>> > > testing.
>> >
>> > Actually should we just remove ar5523 driver? Has anyone heard anyone
>> > using this driver still?
>>
>> While I'm not using it regularly, the driver does still work in plain
>> v6.8.8 (and these Netgear WG111 and WG111T USB WLAN cards were quite
>> common), tested against a qcn5024 AP.
>>
>> I'm just preparing a new kernel build with the proposed patch applied.
>
> …and now the same with this patch applied:
>
> $ uname -r
> 6.9.0-rc5-gcc1380dd1882-dirty
>
> wireless-next-2024-04-24-2112-gcc1380dd1882 with
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240408121425.29392-1-n.zhandarovich@xxxxxxxxxx/raw/
> applied
>

[...]

> [ 84.623413] wlx<MAC>: associated

Very nice, thanks for testing! I'm surprised that ar5523 still works :)

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