Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.11.231]:47415 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755381AbbAWUYR (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:24:17 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, =?utf-8?Q?tr?= =?utf-8?Q?oy=5Ftan=40realsil=2Ecom=2Ecn_=3E=3E_=E8=B0=AD=E6=9D=AD?= =?utf-8?Q?=E6=B3=A2?= Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 for 3.19 0/7] Fixes for rtl8192ee References: <1421773286-1039-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <873871msc7.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <54C27975.50501@lwfinger.net> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:24:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <54C27975.50501@lwfinger.net> (Larry Finger's message of "Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:40:21 -0600") Message-ID: <87egqljled.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150123_212426_792456_6657C8F7) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Larry Finger writes: > It is too bad that it took so long to get these ready. I think the > reason that there are not a lot of bug reports is because the > complaints are all in the GitHub issues for the rtlwifi_new repo, or > with Ubuntu. If there are any that get filed against Bugzilla, I will > refer them to that repo. Ok. > Driver rtl8192ee was new in 3.18. There had been a previous version in > staging, but it did not get a lot of usage. I'm not sure if the > additional usage after 3.18 was due to the driver being in the regular > tree, or if vendors started using the chips, but the problem reports > started arriving. All these bugs have been part of rtl8192ee since it > has been in the kernel, thus they are hard to categorize as > regressions. Good. So we are not going backwards in quality, that's most important. > Push all 7 into -next so that they will be in 3.20. If you think it to > be prudent, please leave the Cc for stable. That way 3.18 and 3.19 > will eventually get the fixes. I think that's the best plan, thanks for understanding. The patches are in my queue and I should apply them within the next few days, unless anything comes during the review. -- Kalle Valo