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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora•org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger•net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger•kernel.org,
	Troy Tan <troy_tan@realsil•com.cn>,
	netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for 3.19 3/3] rtlwifi: rtl8192ee: Fix several bugs
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:42:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bnm0xoar.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1421257036-5382-4-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> (Larry Finger's message of "Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:37:16 -0600")

Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger•net> writes:

> From: Troy Tan <troy_tan@realsil•com.cn>
>
> The following bugs are fixed in this driver:
> 1. Problems parsing C2H CMD
> 2. An ad-hoc connection can cause a TX freeze.
> 3. There are additional conditions that cause a TX freeze.
> 4. The previous code failed to handle situations where an RX
>    descriptor was unavailable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Troy Tan <troy_tan@realsil•com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger•net>

Is this really so important that it should go to 3.19? A patch titled
"Fix several bugs" immediately makes me cautious and then I look at the
patch itself I see rewriting functions instead of simple bug fixes. From
a quick look this looks more -next material than 3.19.

-- 
Kalle Valo

  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-15 11:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-14 17:37 [PATCH for 3.19 0/3] rtlwifi: Various updates/fixes Larry Finger
2015-01-14 17:37 ` [PATCH for 3.19 1/3] rtlwifi: Remove logging statement that is no longer needed Larry Finger
2015-01-14 17:37 ` [PATCH for 3.19 2/3] rtlwifi: Fix handling of new style descriptors Larry Finger
     [not found]   ` <1421257036-5382-3-git-send-email-Larry.Finger-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-15 11:44     ` Kalle Valo
     [not found]       ` <C11178B3EB8EC446A461ADCC3E27182146C9A9F8@rsex2.realsil.com.cn>
2015-01-15 12:00         ` Kalle Valo
     [not found]           ` <87y4p4w8wb.fsf-HodKDYzPHsUD5k0oWYwrnHL1okKdlPRT@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-15 17:14             ` Larry Finger
2015-01-15 20:10             ` Larry Finger
     [not found]               ` <54B81EAA.9040706-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-16  6:40                 ` Kalle Valo
2015-01-14 17:37 ` [PATCH for 3.19 3/3] rtlwifi: rtl8192ee: Fix several bugs Larry Finger
2015-01-15 11:42   ` Kalle Valo [this message]
     [not found]     ` <C11178B3EB8EC446A461ADCC3E27182146C9AA38@rsex2.realsil.com.cn>
2015-01-15 12:03       ` Kalle Valo
     [not found]     ` <87bnm0xoar.fsf-HodKDYzPHsUD5k0oWYwrnHL1okKdlPRT@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-15 17:05       ` Larry Finger

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