Any chance to see this fix in official kernel ?

On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, David Samuels wrote:

> Guess what? An automatic Kernel update this morning (presumably to fix
> some other problem) wiped out all that hard work. At least I only had to
> re-install what I did yesterday and didn't have to rebuild it all!
>
> This is on HP Pavilion dm1 4300sa.
>
> David
>
> On 19/10/13 17:14, James Dafoe wrote:
> > For those on Ubuntu 13.10 with kernel 3.11, problem is caused by changes
> > to rt2x00pci kernel module:
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61621. Patch has been
> > submitted to kernel developers:
> >
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c?id=9483f40d8d01918b399b4e24d0c1111db0afffeb
> .
> > To get it to work before those changes are included in Ubuntu, rebuild
> > the kernel with the patch:
> >
> >
> > Rebuild kernel with patch:
> > ------------------------
> > apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)
> > sudo apt-get build-dep linux-image-$(uname -r)
> > cd linux-3.11.0
> > patch -p1 < ../rt2x00pci.diff
> > fakeroot debian/rules clean
> > fakeroot debian/rules binary-headers binary-generic
> >
> >
> > Install:
> > ------------------------
> > cd ..
> > sudo dpkg -i linux-headers*
> > sudo dpkg -i linux-image*
> > sudo reboot
> >
> >
> > Copy everything between ===== to rt2x00pci.diff
> >
> >
> ==================================================================================================
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
> > index 76d95de..dc49e52 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
> > @@ -105,13 +105,11 @@ int rt2x00pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const
> struct rt2x00_ops *ops)
> >               goto exit_release_regions;
> >       }
> >
> > -     pci_enable_msi(pci_dev);
> > -
> >       hw = ieee80211_alloc_hw(sizeof(struct rt2x00_dev), ops->hw);
> >       if (!hw) {
> >               rt2x00_probe_err("Failed to allocate hardware\n");
> >               retval = -ENOMEM;
> > -             goto exit_disable_msi;
> > +             goto exit_release_regions;
> >       }
> >
> >       pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, hw);
> > @@ -152,9 +150,6 @@ exit_free_reg:
> >   exit_free_device:
> >       ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
> >
> > -exit_disable_msi:
> > -     pci_disable_msi(pci_dev);
> > -
> >   exit_release_regions:
> >       pci_release_regions(pci_dev);
> >
> > @@ -179,8 +174,6 @@ void rt2x00pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
> >       rt2x00pci_free_reg(rt2x00dev);
> >       ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
> >
> > -     pci_disable_msi(pci_dev);
> > -
> >       /*
> >        * Free the PCI device data.
> >        */
> >
> ==================================================================================================
> >
> > ** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #61621
> >     http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61621
> >
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1049466
>
> Title:
>   Need support of Ralink RT3290 wifi support
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “linux” source package in Precise:
>   Invalid
> Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Precise:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “linux” source package in Quantal:
>   Invalid
> Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Quantal:
>   Won't Fix
> Status in “linux” source package in Raring:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Raring:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “linux” package in Baltix:
>   Opinion
> Status in “linux” package in Gentoo Linux:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   RT3290 wifi chip is becoming common on consumer notebooks. Its support
>   starts from 3.6 so support on 12.10 may need lbm-cw.
>
>   commit a89534edaaa7008992b878680490e9b02a665563
>   Author: Woody Hung <<email address hidden> <javascript:;>>
>   Date:   Wed Jun 13 15:01:16 2012 +0800
>
>       rt2x00 : RT3290 chip support v4
>
>       This patch support the new chipset rt3290 wifi implementation in
> rt2x00.
>       It initailize the related mac, bbp and rf register in startup phase.
>       And this patch modify the efuse read/write method for the different
> efuse data offset of rt3290.
>
>       Signed-off-by: Woody Hung <<email address hidden> <javascript:;>>
>       Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <<email address hidden><javascript:;>
> >
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