Re: [stable] Fixing rt2500pci [PATCH]

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Aug 16 2008 - 19:56:51 EST


On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:01:26PM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> On Thursday 31 July 2008, Peter Chubb wrote:
> >
> > In kernel version 2.6.26-rc9 my wireless LAN card worked; but in the
> > released 2.6.26, my RaLink rt2500 card wouldn't associate.
> >
> > Git-bisect led me to this patch:
> >
> > 61486e0f68d1f8966c09b734566a187d42d65c54
> > rt2x00: Remove ieee80211_tx_control argument from write_tx_desc()
> >
> > I believe that there is a problem with that patch --- it
> > (inadvertantly) removes an extra line of code, that used to set the
> > DATABYTE_COUNT field.
> >
> > This patch reinstates that line, and with it my card works again.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> [stable@xxxxxxxxxx added to CC]
>
> The 2.6.27 version of the patch has already been pushed upstream,
> this one is for 2.6.26-stable since this fixes a regression introduced after 2.6.25.

Are you sure? Looking at 2.6.26, the code in that function looks like
it is properly setting the TXD_W0_DATABYTE_COUNT, field.

If it's really a problem, can you send stable@xxxxxxxxxx a patch that
applies to 2.6.26.2?

thanks,

greg k-h
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