On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:56 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski <k...@kernel.org> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 2:40 AM, Grant Grundler <grund...@chromium.org> wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 2:54 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski <k...@kernel.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> commit 90841047a01b452cc8c3f9b990698b264143334a upstream >>> >>> This linksys dongle by default comes up in cdc_ether mode. >>> This patch allows r8152 to claim the device: >>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 13b1:0041 Linksys >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grund...@chromium.org> >>> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <diand...@chromium.org> >>> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net> >>> [krzk: Rebase on v4.4]' >> >> >> thanks krzk! >> >> FTR, to support RTL8153B (HW ID 0x6010), the follow patch series to bring >> r8152 v1.09.9 driver from 4.14 kernel.org to 3 (of 5) older Chrome OS >> kernels: >> >> 3.14: >> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/q/topic:%22update_r8152-3.14%22+(status:open%20OR%20status:merged) >> 3.18: >> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/q/topic:%2522update-r8152-3.18%2522+(status:open+OR+status:merged) >> 4.4: >> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/q/topic:%2522update_r8152-4.4%2522+(status:open+OR+status:merged) >> >> caveat: These series are not suitable directly for kernel.org submission >> (extraneous stuff in the commit messages, order is different). Using the >> original SHA1 (in each commit message), this can all be fixed up by >> hand/simple scripts. > > Hi Grant, > > These are regular feature/patch backports so they do not fit into > stable process. Only new quirks and IDs are accepted for stable.
Hi Krzysztof! Sorry, I wasn't advocating for -stable inclusion. I shared in case someone has unusually high USB ethernet requirements similar to Chrome OS test lab which nearly all dongles I've tested can't provide. Chrome OS test lab needs a USB ethernet dongle that reliably negotiates a link (e.g. 10k iterations in a row). RTL8153 in general are good (> 99.99% gets GigE link speed) but RTL8153B is the first dongle that meets Chrome OS test lab requirements. The patch series above is required to support RTL8153B. cheers, grant
