Re: Stable request: iwlwifi: mvm: fix non-ACPI function

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On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 03:17:32PM -0400, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 2:41 PM Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > commit 7937fd3227055892e169f4b34d21157e57d919e2 upstream.
> >
> > The code now compiles without ACPI, but there's a warning since
> > iwl_mvm_get_ppag_table() isn't used, and iwl_mvm_ppag_init() must
> > not unconditionally fail but return success instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > [Drop hunk removing iwl_mvm_get_ppag_table() since it doesn't exist in
> > 5.4]
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > A 5.4 kernel can't "up" an iwlwifi interface when CONFIG_ACPI=n.
> > `wpa_supplicant` or `ip link set wlan0 up` return "No such file or
> > directory".  The non-acpi stub iwl_mvm_ppag_init() always returns
> > -ENOENT which means iwl_mvm_up() always fails.  Backporting the commit
> > lets iwl_mvm_up() succeed.
> 
> This stable request is only applicable to 5.4
> 
> Fixes 6ce1e5c0c207 "iwlwifi: support per-platform antenna gain"

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h



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