linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] wifi: ath9k: Remove Qwest/Actiontec 802AIN ID

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Message-ID: <f73bd7ce-dd44-cd10-8727-38f8cf6354bd@debian.org>
Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 14:36:02 +0100
From:   Bastian Germann <bage@...ian.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     toke@...e.dk, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] wifi: ath9k: Remove Qwest/Actiontec 802AIN ID

Am 06.03.23 um 14:07 schrieb Kalle Valo:
> Bastian Germann <bage@...ian.org> writes:
> 
>> The USB device 1668:1200 is Qwest/Actiontec 802AIN which is also
>> correctly claimed to be supported by carl9170.
>>
>> Supposedly, the successor 802AIN2 which has an ath9k compatible chip
>> whose USB ID (unknown) could be inserted instead.
>>
>> Drop the ID from the wrong driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann <bage@...ian.org>
> 
> Thanks, I see this patch now.
> 
> I guess there's a bug report somewhere, do you have a link?

No, I happened to find this by chance while packaging the ath9k and carl9170 firmware for Debian,
which have the ID represented in an XML format: 
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/-/blob/master/debian/firmware-ath9k-htc.metainfo.xml