This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled wifi: rtl8xxxu: gen2: Turn on the rate control to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: wifi-rtl8xxxu-gen2-turn-on-the-rate-control.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 534d99dd4db4e5820469f17eb5fc840bb145dbc1 Author: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Sep 28 23:36:51 2022 +0300 wifi: rtl8xxxu: gen2: Turn on the rate control [ Upstream commit 791082ec0ab843e0be07c8ce3678e4c2afd2e33d ] Re-enable the function rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect. It informs the firmware when connecting to a network. This makes the firmware enable the rate control, which makes the upload faster. It also informs the firmware when disconnecting from a network. In the past this made reconnecting impossible because it was sending the auth on queue 0x7 (TXDESC_QUEUE_VO) instead of queue 0x12 (TXDESC_QUEUE_MGNT): wlp0s20f0u3: send auth to 90:55:de:__:__:__ (try 1/3) wlp0s20f0u3: send auth to 90:55:de:__:__:__ (try 2/3) wlp0s20f0u3: send auth to 90:55:de:__:__:__ (try 3/3) wlp0s20f0u3: authentication with 90:55:de:__:__:__ timed out Probably the firmware disables the unnecessary TX queues when it knows it's disconnected. However, this was fixed in commit edd5747aa12e ("wifi: rtl8xxxu: Fix skb misuse in TX queue selection"). Fixes: c59f13bbead4 ("rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting") Signed-off-by: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/43200afc-0c65-ee72-48f8-231edd1df493@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c index c3c8382dd0ba2..e5aac9694ade2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c @@ -4375,12 +4375,9 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen1_report_connect(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv, void rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv, u8 macid, bool connect) { -#ifdef RTL8XXXU_GEN2_REPORT_CONNECT /* - * Barry Day reports this causes issues with 8192eu and 8723bu - * devices reconnecting. The reason for this is unclear, but - * until it is better understood, leave the code in place but - * disabled, so it is not lost. + * The firmware turns on the rate control when it knows it's + * connected to a network. */ struct h2c_cmd h2c; @@ -4393,7 +4390,6 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv, h2c.media_status_rpt.parm &= ~BIT(0); rtl8xxxu_gen2_h2c_cmd(priv, &h2c, sizeof(h2c.media_status_rpt)); -#endif } void rtl8xxxu_gen1_init_aggregation(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv)