Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > On 9-Dec-24 1:26 AM, Ping-Ke Shih wrote: >> Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 18-Nov-24 3:23 AM, Ping-Ke Shih wrote: >>>> Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The rtl8xxxu has all the rtl8192cu USB IDs from rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c >>>>> except for the following 10, add these to the untested section so they >>>>> can be used with the rtl8xxxu as the rtl8192cu are well supported. >>>>> >>>>> This fixes these wifi modules not working on distributions which have >>>>> disabled CONFIG_RTL8192CU replacing it with CONFIG_RTL8XXXU_UNTESTED, >>>>> like Fedora. >>>>> >>>>> Closes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2321540 >>>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> Cc: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> Reviewed-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> 1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks. >>>> >>>> 31be3175bd7b wifi: rtl8xxxu: add more missing rtl8192cu USB IDs >>> >>> Thank you for merging this, since this is a bugfix patch, see e.g. : >>> >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2321540 >>> >>> I was expecting this patch to show up in 6.13-rc1 but it does >>> not appear to be there. >>> >>> Can you please include this in a fixes-pull-request to the network >>> maintainer so that gets added to a 6.13-rc# release soon and then >>> can be backported to various stable kernels ? >>> >> >> This patch stays in rtw.git and 6.14 will have it, and then drain to stable >> trees. For the redhat users, could you ask the distro maintainer to take this >> patch ahead? > > That is not how things are supposed to work. You are supposed to have a fixes > tree/branch and a next tree/branch and fixes should be send out ASAP. Please understand that we are more or less volunteers and working with limited time. > Ideally you would have already send this out as a fixes pull-request for > 6.12 but waiting till 6.14 really is not acceptable IMHO. If you have an important fix please document that somehow, for example "[PATCH wireless]" or "[PATCH v6.13]". If there's nothing like that most likely the patch goes to -next, we (in wireless) don't take every fix to -rc. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
