2017-09-25 15:39:59

by Larry Finger

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Subject: Re: rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix connection lost problem

On 09/25/2017 03:06 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Larry Finger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In commit 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues"), the read
>> of REG_DBI_READ was changed from 16 to 8 bits. For unknown reasonsi
>> this change results in reduced stability for the wireless connection.
>> This regression was located using bisection.
>>
>> Fixes: 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues")
>> Reported-and-tested-by: James Cameron <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Stable <[email protected]> # 4.11+
>> Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <[email protected]>
>
> Should I queue this for 4.14?
>
> (The first commit was v4.11-rc1.)

Yes, please do.

Larry