Return-path: Received: from mail-ey0-f174.google.com ([209.85.215.174]:56568 "EHLO mail-ey0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758408Ab2IKRXk (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:23:40 -0400 Received: by eaac11 with SMTP id c11so395113eaa.19 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:23:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:23:27 +0200 From: Anisse Astier To: Larry Finger Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Stable , Li Chaoming Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: Log message that B_CUT device may not work Message-ID: <20120911192327.62fec16a@destiny.ordissimo> (sfid-20120911_192349_416608_E5A04767) In-Reply-To: <1347379873-9390-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> References: <1347379873-9390-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:11:13 -0500, Larry Finger wrote : > There are a number of problems that occur for the latest version > of the Realtek RTL8188CE device with the in-kernel driver. These > include selection of the wrong firmware, and system lockup. A full > fix is known, but is too invasive for inclusion in stable. This patch > fixes the problem with loading the wrong firmware, and logs a message > that the device may not work for kernels 3.6 and older. > > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger > Cc: Stable > Cc: Anisse Astier > Cc: Li Chaoming Tested-by: Anisse Astier Behaves as expected: I can see the warning then about 20 seconds later the machine locks up. Regards, Anisse