[PATCH v2] [Xenial][SRU] UBUNTU: SAUCE: Redpine driver to support Host AP mode

[Shrirang Bagul]

On Fri, 2017-02-17 at 09:52 +0100, Stefan Bader wrote:
> On 17.02.2017 05:32, Shrirang Bagul wrote:
> > BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1665211
> > 
> > Dell Caracalla IoT gateways sport a Redpine RS9113 WLAN-BT combo card.
> > This patch adds Host AP mode support to the Redpine RS9113 driver.
> > Vendor release version: 0.9.8.3 (Beta)
> > 
> > Other fixes:
> > - Connection drop issue with multiple APs/mobile phone hotspots
> > 
> 
> What I am missing either in the patch (but in this case bug report would be
> better) is an assessment about impact and risk of regressing other things.
> From
> the patch itself it is changing something that exists. What I cannot remember
> is
> whether that only exists because it was specifically added for that specific
> HW.
> I suppose I could go and dig the repo for an answer but it would speed up the
> whole thing if whoever submits those kind of changes (I assume whoever does it
> will remember those things) would add context and save me the hassle. ;)
> 
> -Stefan
Got it. Henceforth, patch commit messages and bugs reports will have more
details about version history/changes, target HW and impact. Esp. because this
driver from the vendor is refactored and merged to ubuntu third party drivers to
resolve conflicts with existing driver in drivers/net/wireless/rsi.

-Shrirang
> 
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