Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On 9-Dec-24 12:01 PM, Kalle Valo wrote: > > 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 > > Ok, so how do we move forward with this patch now ? > IMHO the missed ID has been many years, let's wait additional three months. The flow of patch process for maintainers will be more smooth. For newly added ID next time, I will check people if that is urgent or not.
