On 2013-10-10 11:07 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > Commit 0d528d8 by Felix Fietkau, entitled "mac80211: improve the rate control > API", causes the rtlwifi-family of drivers to be unable to connect to an 802.11g > network. A bisection led to this commit, which was confirmed by reversing the patch. > > The drivers can connect to a 802.11n networks, which is why the problem has gone > undetected from kernel 3.10 till now. > > These drivers use the rate-control mechanism in their firmware. I suspect that > this is causing the problem. What actions do the drivers need to take that were > not required before this patch? I don't recall any necessary extra actions introduced by this patch. Please compare the rate selection info passed to the driver before and after this patch, by dumping info->control.rates. - Felix -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
