linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] staging: rtl8192e: Remove action block acknowledgment

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Message-ID: <51bd23f2-034a-4e28-b275-99c1392ee43a@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:20:46 +0100
From:   Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] staging: rtl8192e: Remove action block acknowledgment

On 11/28/23 21:43, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> AP are learning very quickly that rtl8192e driver is handling block
> acknowledgment (BA) not as expected.
> The log of the driver is showing the following output:
> rtl819xE 0000:03:00.0 wlan0: received DELBA while QOS or HT is not supported(0, 1)
> Then AP are giving up.
> 
> Tested with rtl8192e (WLL6130-D99) in Mode n (12.5 MB/s)
> Transferred this patch over wlan connection of rtl8192e.
> 
> Philipp Hortmann (6):
>    staging: rtl8192e: Remove action block acknowledgment
>    staging: rtl8192e: Remove unused function rtllib_rx_ADDBAReq()
>    staging: rtl8192e: Remove unused function rtllib_send_ADDBARsp()
>    staging: rtl8192e: Remove unused function
>      rtllib_FlushRxTsPendingPkts()
>    staging: rtl8192e: Remove unused function rtllib_rx_ADDBARsp()
>    staging: rtl8192e: Remove unused function rtllib_rx_DELBA()
> 
>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl819x_BAProc.c | 262 ----------------------
>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h         |   6 +-
>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_rx.c      |  33 ---
>   drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c |  30 ---
>   4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 330 deletions(-)
> 

Hi Greg,

please ignore this patch series. It creates a performance issue....

Sorry for the noise in the mailing list.

Bye Philipp