Steve deRosier <deros...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 10:49 PM Mauro Carvalho Chehab > <mchehab+hua...@kernel.org> wrote: >> >> This patch causes a regression betwen Kernel 5.7 and 5.8 at wlcore: >> with it applied, WiFi stops working, and the Kernel starts printing >> this message every second: >> >> wlcore: PHY firmware version: Rev 8.2.0.0.242 >> wlcore: firmware booted (Rev 8.9.0.0.79) >> wlcore: ERROR command execute failure 14 > > Only if NO firmware for the device in question supports the `KEY_IGTK` > value, then this revert is appropriate. Otherwise, it likely isn't. > My suspicion is that the feature that `KEY_IGTK` is enabling is > specific to a newer firmware that Mauro hasn't upgraded to. What the > OP should do is find the updated firmware and give it a try. > > AND - since there's some firmware the feature doesn't work with, the > driver should be fixed to detect the running firmware version and not > do things that the firmware doesn't support. AND the firmware writer > should also make it so the firmware doesn't barf on bad input and > instead rejects it politely. > > But I will say I'm making an educated guess; while I have played with > the TI devices in the past, it was years ago and I won't claim to be > an expert. I also am unable to fix it myself at this time. > > I'd just rather see it fixed properly instead of a knee-jerk reaction > of reverting it simply because the OP doesn't have current firmware.
Yeah, a proper fix for this is of course better but if there's no fix, say within the next week or so, let's revert this. A new version of the patch implementing IGTK, with proper feature detection, can be always added later. -- https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
