linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: remove code that is valid only for 5 GHz

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Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 19:52:31 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Robert Węcławski <r.weclawski@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Valentine Sinitsyn <valentine.sinitsyn@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kacper Kołodziej <kacper@...odziej.it>,
        Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>,
        Janani Sankara Babu <jananis37@...il.com>,
        Manish Shrestha <manishshrestha2006@...il.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Santha Meena Ramamoorthy <santhameena13@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: remove code that is valid only for 5
 GHz

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 05:58:58PM +0200, Robert Węcławski wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:32:39PM +0200, Robert Węcławski wrote:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> > > index eca06f05c0c4..b610443f2ac6 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> > > @@ -1819,16 +1819,6 @@ void rtw_update_registrypriv_dev_network(struct adapter *adapter)
> > >  	case WIRELESS_11BG_24N:
> > >  		pdev_network->NetworkTypeInUse = Ndis802_11OFDM24;
> > >  		break;
> > > -	case WIRELESS_11A:
> > > -	case WIRELESS_11A_5N:
> > > -		pdev_network->NetworkTypeInUse = Ndis802_11OFDM5;
> > > -		break;
> > > -	case WIRELESS_11ABGN:
> > > -		if (pregistrypriv->channel > 14)
> > > -			pdev_network->NetworkTypeInUse = Ndis802_11OFDM5;
> > > -		else
> > > -			pdev_network->NetworkTypeInUse = Ndis802_11OFDM24;
> > > -		break;
> > >  	default:
> > > 		/*  TODO */
> > > 		break;
> >
> > Are you sure about this chunk?  I would have thought that <= 14 was not
> > 5G.  (I try to avoid rhetorical questions and I don't know the answer
> > here).
> > 
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
> 
> I'm 99% sure this part is not needed because this chipset only supports B, G and N WiFi networks.
> 
> I think we should add pdev_network->NetworkTypeInUse = Ndis802_110FDM5 to default case to be 100% sure it won't break anything.
> If we do this we can be sure pdev_network->NetworkTypeInUse will be set.
> Should I make a new version of this patch?

Yes, please.

regards,
dan carpenter