netdev - Re: [PATCH net,stable 0/3] qmi_wwan: working around 3 serious firmware bugs

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Date:	Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:15:46 -0500
From:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	bjorn@...k.no, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net,stable 0/3] qmi_wwan: working around 3 serious
 firmware bugs

On Fri, 2013-04-19 at 17:51 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:57:08 +0200
> 
> > This series adds workarounds for 3 different firmware bugs, each
> > preventing the affected devices from working at all. I therefore
> > humbly request that these fixes go to stable-3.8 (if still
> > maintained) and 3.9 (either via net if still possible, or via
> > stable if not).
> > 
> > All 3 workarounds are applied to all devices supported by the driver.
> > Adding quirks for specific devices was considered as an alternative,
> > but was rejected because we have too little information about the
> > exact distribution of the buggy firmwares. All we know is that the
> > same bug shows up in devices from at least 3 different, and presumably
> > independent, vendors.
> > 
> > The workarounds have instead been designed to automatically apply
> > when necessary, and to have as little impact as possible on unaffected
> > devices.  The series has been tested on a number of devices both with
> > and without these bugs.
> > 
> > The series should apply cleanly to net/master, net-next/master and
> > stable/linux-3.8.y
> 
> Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!

You're fast :)  But in any case:

Tested-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>

Tested on Gobi 1K (known not to exhibit the raw-ip bug), Novatel E362,
and Pantech UML290.

Dan


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