Re: [PATCH 2/2] rtl8xxxu: Fix for bogus data used to determine macpower

From: Larry Finger <redacted>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 20:00:03 -0500

On 10/30/2016 05:21 AM, John Heenan wrote:

quoted

Code tests show data returned by rtl8xxxu_read8(priv, REG_CR), used to
set
macpower, is never 0xea. It is only ever 0x01 (first time after
modprobe)
using wpa_supplicant and 0x00 thereafter using wpa_supplicant. These
results
occurs with 'Fix for authentication failure' [PATCH 1/2] in place.

Whatever was returned, code tests always showed that at least
rtl8xxxu_init_queue_reserved_page(priv);
is always required. Not called if macpower set to true.

Please see cover letter, [PATCH 0/2], for more information from tests.

That cover letter will NOT be included in the commit message, thus
referring to it here is totally pointless.

This is why when a patch series is added to GIT, the cover letter
must be added to the merge commit that adds that series.

It is therefore perfectly valid to refer to such text from a
commit contained by that merge commit.