On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 11:37 AM Thomas Backlund <tmb@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Den 2021-12-28 kl. 02:59, skrev Kevin Anderson: > > Hello, > > > > I wanted to see if I could have two patches backported to 5.15 stable > > that concern Intel iwlwifi AX2XX stability. > > > > The patches are attached to the kernel bugzilla that can be found > > here: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214549. I've also > > attached them to this email. > > > > The patches fix an issue with the Intel AX210 that I have where it can > > cause a firmware reset when the device is under load causing > > performance to drop to around ~500Kb/s till the interface is > > restarted. This reset is easy to reproduce during normal use such as > > streaming videos and is problematic for devices such as laptops that > > primarily use wifi for connectivity. > > > > The mac80211 change is currently in the 5.16 RC and the scan timeout > > is in netdev-next and is supposed to be scheduled for 5.17 from what I > > can tell. > > > I believe that the patches meet the requirements of the -stable tree > > as it makes the adapter for many users including myself difficult to > > use reliably. > > > > The mac80211 change was/is marked for stable@ and is already in 5.15.11 > > > the scan timeout is only in a -next tree (as you already noted), > so it cant land in 5.15 stable until it is also in linus tree... > > > -- > Thomas > Hi Thomas, Thank you. I missed the fact that the mac80211 change was already tagged for stable. I will keep an eye for the other change to land in linus' tree and submit it for stable if it isn't submitted by the maintainer. - Kevin
