Patch "rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting" has been added to the 4.8-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting

to the 4.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
rtl8xxxu-work-around-issue-with-8192eu-and-8723bu-devices-not-reconnecting.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.8 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Jes Sorensen <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:59:02 -0500
Subject: rtl8xxxu: Work around issue with 8192eu and 8723bu devices not reconnecting

From: Jes Sorensen <[email protected]>

commit c59f13bbead475096bdfebc7ef59c12e180858de upstream.

The H2C MEDIA_STATUS_RPT command for some reason causes 8192eu and 8723bu devices not being able to reconnect.

---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

@@ -4401,6 +4401,13 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen1_report_connect(struct
 void rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv,
 				  u8 macid, bool connect)
 {
+#ifdef RTL8XXXU_GEN2_REPORT_CONNECT
+	/*
+	 * Barry Day reports this causes issues with 8192eu and 8723bu
+	 * devices reconnecting. The reason for this is unclear, but
+	 * until it is better understood, leave the code in place but
+	 * disabled, so it is not lost.
+	 */
 	struct h2c_cmd h2c;
 
 	memset(&h2c, 0, sizeof(struct h2c_cmd));

@@ -4412,6 +4419,7 @@ void rtl8xxxu_gen2_report_connect(struct
 		h2c.media_status_rpt.parm &= ~BIT(0);
 
 	rtl8xxxu_gen2_h2c_cmd(priv, &h2c, sizeof(h2c.media_status_rpt));
+#endif
 }
 
 void rtl8xxxu_gen1_init_aggregation(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv)

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.8/rtl8xxxu-work-around-issue-with-8192eu-and-8723bu-devices-not-reconnecting.patch