Re: [RESEND] [PATCH 3/3] iwlwifi: Load firmware exclusively for Intel WiFi

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Wed Oct 03 2018 - 05:47:59 EST


Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Kai Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>>> On Oct 3, 2018, at 5:10 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> To avoid the firmware loading race between Bluetooth and WiFi on Intel
>>>> 8260, load firmware exclusively when BT_INTEL is enabled.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Still the commit log tells nothing about the actual problem which makes
>>> review impossible.
>>
>> Sorry for that. The first two patches [1] only sends to linux-bluetooth and LMKL.
>
> For a patchset like this you should CC linux-wireless for all patches,
> otherwise people just get confused. And even more so as patch 3 seems to
> depend on the other patches.
>
>> I donât know what really happened at hardware/firmware level, but
>> making btusb and iwlwifi load firmware sequentially can workaround the
>> issue.
>
> We don't apply ugly workarounds without understanding the issue.
>
>> Matt Chen may be able to explain this issue with more detail.
>
> Then you need to work with Matt so that the issue is properly explained
> in the commit log.

linux-bluetooth was not CCed, adding that.

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Kalle Valo