This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
wifi: b43: Disable QoS for bcm4331
to the 5.10-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-b43-disable-qos-for-bcm4331.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0dfb9f523bc6523a9da5e529e66705a29068ff22
Author: Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Dec 31 05:03:58 2023 +0000
wifi: b43: Disable QoS for bcm4331
[ Upstream commit 09795bded2e725443fe4a4803cae2079cdaf7b26 ]
bcm4331 seems to not function correctly with QoS support. This may be due
to issues with currently available firmware or potentially a device
specific issue.
When queues that are not of the default "best effort" priority are
selected, traffic appears to not transmit out of the hardware while no
errors are returned. This behavior is present among all the other priority
queues: video, voice, and background. While this can be worked around by
setting a kernel parameter, the default behavior is problematic for most
users and may be difficult to debug. This patch offers a working out-of-box
experience for bcm4331 users.
Log of the issue (using ssh low-priority traffic as an example):
ssh -T -vvvv git@xxxxxxxxxx
OpenSSH_9.6p1, OpenSSL 3.0.12 24 Oct 2023
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug2: checking match for 'host * exec "/nix/store/q1c2flcykgr4wwg5a6h450hxbk4ch589-bash-5.2-p15/bin/bash -c '/nix/store/c015armnkhr6v18za0rypm7sh1i8js8w-gnupg-2.4.1/bin/gpg-connect-agent --quiet updatestartuptty /bye >/dev/null 2>&1'"' host github.com originally github.com
debug3: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 5: matched 'host "github.com"'
debug1: Executing command: '/nix/store/q1c2flcykgr4wwg5a6h450hxbk4ch589-bash-5.2-p15/bin/bash -c '/nix/store/c015armnkhr6v18za0rypm7sh1i8js8w-gnupg-2.4.1/bin/gpg-connect-agent --quiet updatestartuptty /bye >/dev/null 2>&1''
debug3: command returned status 0
debug3: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 5: matched 'exec "/nix/store/q1c2flcykgr4wwg5a6h450hxbk4ch589-bash-5.2-p15/bin/bash -c '/nix/store/c015armnkhr6v18za0r"'
debug2: match found
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 9: Applying options for *
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/binary-eater/.ssh/known_hosts'
debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/binary-eater/.ssh/known_hosts2'
debug2: resolving "github.com" port 22
debug3: resolve_host: lookup github.com:22
debug3: channel_clear_timeouts: clearing
debug3: ssh_connect_direct: entering
debug1: Connecting to github.com [192.30.255.113] port 22.
debug3: set_sock_tos: set socket 3 IP_TOS 0x48
Fixes: e6f5b934fba8 ("b43: Add QOS support")
Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://msgid.link/20231231050300.122806-5-sergeantsagara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
index 6100c0d2a7f3c..29f97ab9b72a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
@@ -2587,7 +2587,8 @@ static void b43_request_firmware(struct work_struct *work)
start_ieee80211:
wl->hw->queues = B43_QOS_QUEUE_NUM;
- if (!modparam_qos || dev->fw.opensource)
+ if (!modparam_qos || dev->fw.opensource ||
+ dev->dev->chip_id == BCMA_CHIP_ID_BCM4331)
wl->hw->queues = 1;
err = ieee80211_register_hw(wl->hw);
