Re: Poor wi-fi signal level with 4.12 kernel (rtl8723be)

Re: Poor wi-fi signal level with 4.12 kernel (rtl8723be)

[Diego Viola]

Hi Larry,

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:23 AM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> On 08/09/2017 09:45 PM, Diego Viola wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Pkshih <pkshih@realtek.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Diego Viola [mailto:diego.viola@gmail.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 4:30 AM
>>>> To: Pkshih
>>>> Subject: Poor wi-fi signal level with 4.12 kernel (rtl8723be)
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas when this will be fixed?
>>>>
>>>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux
>>>> .git/commit/?id=f95d95a7cd5514549dcf6ba754f0ee834cce3e1f
>>>>
>>>> There are a few users affected by this problem:
>>>>
>>>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=228190
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Diego,
>>>
>>> Yes, I had proposed solution to rtlwifi maintainer Larry, and he will
>>> submit
>>> the patches after verifying.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> PK
>>>
>>
>> Great, please give me an update when the fix is upstreamed, so I can
>> tell those users to try it.
>>
>> Thank you, I greatly appreciate your effort.
>
>
> Diego,
>
> I'm not sure what was wrong with my previous testing, but the kernels at
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git
> correctly handle the antenna selection. Use them and all should be OK. If
> not, write me again; however, Cc linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org. I promise
> that I will ignore any messages sent to me privately, unless there is
> sensitive info in the message.
>
> Larry
>

This is a follow-up of my previous email.

I asked a user to try the latest wireless-drivers-next.git[1] and he
reported the problem still persists.

https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/6qjmbo/psa_updating_the_kernel_to_41231arch_might_break/dlgejv5/

[1] git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git

Thanks,
Diego

Re: Poor wi-fi signal level with 4.12 kernel (rtl8723be)

[Larry Finger]

On 08/11/2017 12:01 AM, Diego Viola wrote:
> 
> This is a follow-up of my previous email.
> 
> I asked a user to try the latest wireless-drivers-next.git[1] and he
> reported the problem still persists.

Unfortunately, that statement provides no information regarding what the user 
did, or did not, do. All I can say is that it works for me now, and it does at 
Realtek. I need signal strengths for the device from that user.

Larry