On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:01:26PM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > On Thursday 31 July 2008, Peter Chubb wrote: > > > > In kernel version 2.6.26-rc9 my wireless LAN card worked; but in the > > released 2.6.26, my RaLink rt2500 card wouldn't associate. > > > > Git-bisect led me to this patch: > > > > 61486e0f68d1f8966c09b734566a187d42d65c54 > > rt2x00: Remove ieee80211_tx_control argument from write_tx_desc() > > > > I believe that there is a problem with that patch --- it > > (inadvertantly) removes an extra line of code, that used to set the > > DATABYTE_COUNT field. > > > > This patch reinstates that line, and with it my card works again. > > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx> > > [stable@xxxxxxxxxx added to CC] > > The 2.6.27 version of the patch has already been pushed upstream, > this one is for 2.6.26-stable since this fixes a regression introduced after 2.6.25. Are you sure? Looking at 2.6.26, the code in that function looks like it is properly setting the TXD_W0_DATABYTE_COUNT, field. If it's really a problem, can you send stable@xxxxxxxxxx a patch that applies to 2.6.26.2? thanks, greg k-h -- 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
