The existing order of steps when starting the PCI devices works for 2.4G devices, but fails to initialize the 5G section of the RTL8821AE hardware. This patch is needed to fix the regression reported in Bug #88811 (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88811). Reported-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c index 61f5d36..846a2e6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c @@ -2249,6 +2249,16 @@ int rtl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, /*like read eeprom and so on */ rtlpriv->cfg->ops->read_eeprom_info(hw); + if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) { + RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "Can't init_sw_vars\n"); + err = -ENODEV; + goto fail3; + } + rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw); + + /*aspm */ + rtl_pci_init_aspm(hw); + /* Init mac80211 sw */ err = rtl_init_core(hw); if (err) { @@ -2264,16 +2274,6 @@ int rtl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, goto fail3; } - if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) { - RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "Can't init_sw_vars\n"); - err = -ENODEV; - goto fail3; - } - rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw); - - /*aspm */ - rtl_pci_init_aspm(hw); - err = ieee80211_register_hw(hw); if (err) { RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, -- 2.1.2 -- 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