Re: [PATCH 1/2] mwifiex: Use non-posted PCI register writes

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 5:02 PM Jonas Dreßler [off-list ref] wrote:

On 8/30/21 2:49 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
 > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM Jonas Dreßler [off-list ref] wrote:

...

 > Thanks for all this work!
 >
 > Nevertheless, do we have any commits that may be a good candidate to
 > be in the Fixes tag here?

I don't think there's any commit we could point to, given that the bug
is probably somewhere in the firmware code.

Here (in the commit message)...

 >> +       /* Do a read-back, which makes the write non-posted,
ensuring the
 >> +        * completion before returning.
 >
 >> +        * The firmware of the 88W8897 card is buggy and this avoids
crashes.
 >
 > Any firmware version reference? Would be nice to have just for the
 > sake of record.

Pretty sure the crash is present in every firmware that has been
released, I've tried most of them. FTR, the current firmware version is
15.68.19.p21.

...and here it would be nice to state this version, so in the future
we will have a right landmark.

 >> +        */

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko