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From:   David Rubio <david.alejandro.rubio@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:42:56 -0300
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Subject: Re: rtw88 / rtl_8821ce: rfe 2 is not supported
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
        Andy Huang <tehuang@realtek.com>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
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        Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
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Makes sense I guess. My room is 7m^2 so can't test beyond that.
Small room issues, or well, not issues, I guess.

- Kodehawa

El lun., 19 oct. 2020 a las 14:10, Larry Finger
(<Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>) escribi=C3=B3:
>
> On 10/18/20 4:11 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> > David Rubio <david.alejandro.rubio@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/c0c336d806584361992d4b52665fbb=
82@realtek.com/
> >>
> >> I tested that patch. Works fine for me for wifi, but I can't test BT
> >> to be sure it works 100%. Most people will be fine with just wifi
> >> though, I guess, considering the objections were mostly about BT (I
> >> understood -from the objection- that connecting to a AP when having a
> >> BT device paired breaks?)
> >
> > If the patch helps people to get wifi working we should take it, BT coe=
x
> > issues can be fixed in followup patches. IIRC there has been multiple
> > reports about this so I'm leaning towards taking the patch to v5.11.
> >
> > I changed the patch to New state and my plan is to take it to
> > wireless-drivers-next once the tree opens:
> >
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/2020080508455=
9.30092-1-kai.heng.feng@canonical.com/
>
> Kalle,
>
> I had generated and applied that trivial patch to my GitHub repo with the=
 rtw88
> drivers a couple of months ago. Yes, it does get the user past the
> initialization check; however, wifi performance is abysmal according the =
the
> users of the repo. It seems that the antenna selection of rfe 2 models af=
fects
> wifi as well as BT. Applying this patch will get wifi running; however, t=
he
> users will need to be within 1 m of the AP for it to work! I do not have =
an
> RTL8821CE chip, thus I have not tested myself.
>
> Larry
>