Re: rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix connection lost problem

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On 09/25/2017 03:06 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In commit 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues"), the read
of REG_DBI_READ was changed from 16 to 8 bits. For unknown reasonsi
this change results in reduced stability for the wireless connection.
This regression was located using bisection.

Fixes: 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues")
Reported-and-tested-by: James Cameron <quozl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.11+
Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Should I queue this for 4.14?

(The first commit was v4.11-rc1.)

Yes, please do.

Larry




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