Re: [PATCH 3.16 0/7] Backort firmware monitor to 3.16

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On Tue, 2014-10-28 at 08:11 +0200, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> This patch series allows to use the firmware debugging features
> of iwlwifi on 3.16. These features are already in 3.17.
> 
> I know that this patch series is not compliant with Greg's
> rules for stable patches. It is unlikely that these patches
> will be applied on vanilla 3.16 - I know that.
> I send them here so that distros can apply them if they want
> to.
> I know there are distros shipping 3.16, and having these
> patches in can greatly help our ability to debug nasty
> issues.

Thanks, I've applied these to Debian's package.

Ben.

> Emmanuel Grumbach (7):
>   iwlwifi: add device / firmware to fw-error-dump file
>   iwlwifi: rename iwl_mvm_fw_error_next_data
>   iwlwifi: pcie: add firmware monitor capabilities
>   iwlwifi: remove wrong comment about alignment in iwl-fw-error-dump.h
>   iwlwifi: mvm: don't collect logs in the interrupt thread
>   iwlwifi: mvm: kill iwl_mvm_fw_error_rxf_dump
>   iwlwifi: mvm: update layout of firmware error dump
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c           |   6 ++
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw-error-dump.h |  50 ++++++++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw-file.h       |   5 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-fw.h            |   3 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h     |   2 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h          |   6 ++
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c      | 100 ++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h           |   9 --
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c           |  72 -------------
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/utils.c         |  65 ------------
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/internal.h     |   7 ++
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c        | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  12 files changed, 294 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-)
> 

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false.

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