This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting to the 4.8-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: rtl8xxxu-work-around-issue-with-8192eu-and-8723bu-devices-not-reconnecting.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.8 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From c59f13bbead475096bdfebc7ef59c12e180858de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:59:02 -0500 Subject: rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> commit c59f13bbead475096bdfebc7ef59c12e180858de upstream. The H2C MEDIA_STATUS_RPT command for some reason causes 8192eu and 8723bu devices not being able to reconnect. Reported-by: Barry Day <briselec@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c @@ -4401,6 +4401,13 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen1_report_connect(struct 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. + */ struct h2c_cmd h2c; memset(&h2c, 0, sizeof(struct h2c_cmd)); @@ -4412,6 +4419,7 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect(struct 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) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.8/rtl8xxxu-work-around-issue-with-8192eu-and-8723bu-devices-not-reconnecting.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html