Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: fix RTL8723BU connection failure issue after warm reboot
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Oct 15 2019 - 07:36:50 EST
Chris Chiu <chiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 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.
>
> https://phabricator.endlessm.com/T28000
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Chiu <chiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
If you send a new version of patch mark it as v2 and include a
changelog:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#patch_version_missing
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches#changelog_missing
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Kalle Valo