Bug 2043454

Summary: [RHEL9 wireless] stack & drivers general update to v5.16+
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Reporter: Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet>
Component: kernelAssignee: Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet>
kernel sub component: Wifi QA Contact: Ken Benoit <kbenoit>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA Docs Contact:
Severity: unspecified    
Priority: unspecified CC: ajb, jarod, jbenc, kbenoit, ngompa13, phil, toracat
Version: 9.0Keywords: Triaged
Target Milestone: rcFlags: pm-rhel: mirror+
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Last Closed: 2022-05-17 15:44:52 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Íñigo Huguet 2022-01-21 09:41:55 UTC
General update of wireless stack & drivers for RHEL9.0 to upstream version 5.16 and later fixes

Comment 1 Íñigo Huguet 2022-01-25 10:02:44 UTC
Note for ourselves: ensure to check that this commit, which is part of this update, doesn't break ath11k hardware (i.e. WCN6855 or QCA6390)
72f412434772 Revert "ath11k: add read variant from SMBIOS for download board data"

Comment 3 Íñigo Huguet 2022-02-15 15:16:22 UTC
@kbenoit kind reminder to verify this when you can to see if we can avoid exception request. Thanks!

Comment 4 Ken Benoit 2022-02-15 15:49:20 UTC
(In reply to Íñigo Huguet from comment #3)
> @kbenoit kind reminder to verify this when you can to see if we
> can avoid exception request. Thanks!

Sorry I missed this. I thought I had already tested this but apparently I didn't. Ran testing against RHEL-9.0.0-20220210.0 with kernel-5.14.0-57.mr493_220209_0952.el9 manually against an Intel AX201 and an Intel AX211. Testing passed without issue. Marking as Verified:Tested,SanityOnly and pushing the ITM ahead so the kernel has a chance to land in the nightlies.

Comment 7 Íñigo Huguet 2022-02-22 13:00:44 UTC
@kbenoit: Jiri has asked this during his review, could you help asking?
  This is an update of a large number of drivers just before the freeze. What testing was done? In bugzilla, it's indicated that only two Intel wifi cards were tested. I don't think that's enough for such massive update. Could you please clarify this?

Comment 8 Ken Benoit 2022-02-22 13:14:30 UTC
(In reply to Íñigo Huguet from comment #7)
> @kbenoit: Jiri has asked this during his review, could you help
> asking?
>   This is an update of a large number of drivers just before the freeze.
> What testing was done? In bugzilla, it's indicated that only two Intel wifi
> cards were tested. I don't think that's enough for such massive update.
> Could you please clarify this?

Given the limited timeframe as we're closing in on the deadline, I can only run testing on a selection of recent cards for the rebase. We have weekly regression testing runs against the most recent nightly. I will also run through a different selection of cards each week through the release with a recent nightly. This is the most I am capable of while staying within the schedule of the release though, especially given late requests for enablement.

Comment 9 Jiri Benc 2022-02-22 14:08:20 UTC
(In reply to Ken Benoit from comment #8)
> This is the most I am capable of while staying within the
> schedule of the release though, especially given late requests for
> enablement.

Isn't it an indication that this should rather be postponed to RHEL 9.1?

Comment 12 Ken Benoit 2022-02-22 16:53:18 UTC
Ran testing against RHEL-9.0.0-20220215.4 with kernel-5.14.0-65.mr493_220221_1051.el9. Testing passed without issue against an Intel 9560, Intel AX201, QCA6390, Intel 7265, Intel AX210, Intel AX211, MT7921, and Intel 8260. Leaving Verified:Tested and SanityOnly intact.

Comment 17 Ken Benoit 2022-03-02 19:52:23 UTC
Performed manual wireless regression testing against RHEL-9.0.0-20220301.3 against a variety of wireless cards. Testing passed without issue. This being a rebase means that I was only able to do some patch verification on top of general testing. Verifying as SanityOnly.

Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-17 15:44:52 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (new packages: kernel), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:3907