linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: rtl8xxxu: retry firmware download on error

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Message-ID: <cab8c2d7-8844-44ae-8bae-181229c04d1f@RTEXMBS04.realtek.com.tw>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 10:46:21 +0800
From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>
To: Soeren Moch <smoch@....de>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
CC: Soeren Moch <smoch@....de>, Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...il.com>,
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Ping-Ke
 Shih" <pkshih@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: rtl8xxxu: retry firmware download on error

Soeren Moch <smoch@....de> wrote:

> Occasionally there is an EPROTO error during firmware download.
> This error is converted to EAGAIN in the download function.
> But nobody tries again and so device probe fails.
> 
> Implement download retry to fix this.
> 
> This error was observed (and fix tested) on a tbs2910 board [1]
> with an embedded RTL8188EU (0bda:8179) device behind a USB hub.
> 
> [1] arch/arm/boot/dts/nxp/imx/imx6q-tbs2910.dts
> 
> Signed-off-by: Soeren Moch <smoch@....de>
> Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>

1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.

3d3e28feca7a wifi: rtl8xxxu: retry firmware download on error

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https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git