Hi Larry, On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:23 AM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/09/2017 09:45 PM, Diego Viola wrote: >> >> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Pkshih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Diego Viola [mailto:diego.viola@xxxxxxxxx] >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 4:30 AM >>>> To: Pkshih >>>> Subject: Poor wi-fi signal level with 4.12 kernel (rtl8723be) >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Any ideas when this will be fixed? >>>> >>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux >>>> .git/commit/?id=f95d95a7cd5514549dcf6ba754f0ee834cce3e1f >>>> >>>> There are a few users affected by this problem: >>>> >>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=228190 >>>> >>> >>> Hi Diego, >>> >>> Yes, I had proposed solution to rtlwifi maintainer Larry, and he will >>> submit >>> the patches after verifying. >>> >>> Thanks >>> PK >>> >> >> Great, please give me an update when the fix is upstreamed, so I can >> tell those users to try it. >> >> Thank you, I greatly appreciate your effort. > > > Diego, > > I'm not sure what was wrong with my previous testing, but the kernels at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git > correctly handle the antenna selection. Use them and all should be OK. If > not, write me again; however, Cc linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I promise > that I will ignore any messages sent to me privately, unless there is > sensitive info in the message. > > Larry > This is a follow-up of my previous email. I asked a user to try the latest wireless-drivers-next.git[1] and he reported the problem still persists. https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/6qjmbo/psa_updating_the_kernel_to_41231arch_might_break/dlgejv5/ [1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git Thanks, Diego
