Re: [PATCH] wifi: rtl8xxxu: fixing transmisison failure for rtl8192eu

[Jun ASAKA]

On 07/01/2023 22:17, Bitterblue Smith wrote:

> On 17/12/2022 05:06, Jun ASAKA wrote:
> > Fixing transmission failure which results in
> > "authentication with ... timed out". This can be
> > fixed by disable the REG_TXPAUSE.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jun ASAKA <JunASAKA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.c | 5 +++++
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.c
> > index a7d76693c02d..9d0ed6760cb6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.c
> > @@ -1744,6 +1744,11 @@ static void rtl8192e_enable_rf(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv)
> >   	val8 = rtl8xxxu_read8(priv, REG_PAD_CTRL1);
> >   	val8 &= ~BIT(0);
> >   	rtl8xxxu_write8(priv, REG_PAD_CTRL1, val8);
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Fix transmission failure of rtl8192e.
> > +	 */
> > +	rtl8xxxu_write8(priv, REG_TXPAUSE, 0x00);
> >   }
> >   
> >   static s8 rtl8192e_cck_rssi(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv, u8 cck_agc_rpt)
> By the way, you should get this into the stable kernels too:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html

I see.

But since this patch has not been merged into Linus' tree yet, so should 
I wait until this patch is merged or I should issue a v2 patch here and 
Cc it to "table@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"?


Jun ASAKA.