Support latest Redpine WLAN/BT RS9113 driver

[Shrirang Bagul]

Support latest Redpine WLAN/BT RS9113 driver in Ubuntu Xenial kernel.

This is the latest version of the driver provided by Redpine. For now, this driver is enabled only on x86, x86_64 architectures. The impact is also restricted to { SDIO_DEVICE(0x041B, 0x9330) } chipsets.

For linux-oem (4.15) bionic series:
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To support RS9113 Wifi+BT chip on Dell Edge 300x IoT Gateways. Most of the
patches are already upstream (either Accepted or under review) and being
tracked here:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/?state=*&q=rsi%3A

SAUCE patches have been tested by Canonical CE-QA (based on
Ubuntu-4.15.0-16.17) and HWE is working with the Redpine to get them
upstreamed to linux-wireless. For now, to meet the project schedule, we'll
have to carry them in linux-oem.

The impact is limited to the Redpine RS9113 Wifi+BT with following VID/PID
{ SDIO_DEVICE(0x041B, 0x9330) }.

This bug is used for tracking purposes, please do not triage.

[Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-done-xenial'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-failed-xenial'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Shrirang Bagul (shrirang-bagul)]

Release notes from Redpine for ver. 0.9.7

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-63.84

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linux (4.4.0-63.84) xenial; urgency=low

  [ Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1660704

  * Backport Dirty COW patch to prevent wineserver freeze (LP: #1658270)
    - SAUCE: mm: Respect FOLL_FORCE/FOLL_COW for thp

  * Kdump through NMI SMP and single core not working on Ubuntu16.10
    (LP: #1630924)
    - x86/hyperv: Handle unknown NMIs on one CPU when unknown_nmi_panic
    - SAUCE: hv: don't reset hv_context.tsc_page on crash

  * [regression 4.8.0-14 -> 4.8.0-17] keyboard and touchscreen lost on Acer
    Chromebook R11 (LP: #1630238)
    - [Config] CONFIG_PINCTRL_CHERRYVIEW=y

  * Call trace when testing fstat stressor on ppc64el with virtual keyboard and
    mouse present (LP: #1652132)
    - SAUCE: HID: usbhid: Quirk a AMI virtual mouse and keyboard with ALWAYS_POLL

  * VLAN SR-IOV regression for IXGBE driver (LP: #1658491)
    - ixgbe: Force VLNCTRL.VFE to be set in all VMDq paths

  * "Out of memory" errors after upgrade to 4.4.0-59 (LP: #1655842)
    - mm, page_alloc: convert alloc_flags to unsigned
    - mm, compaction: change COMPACT_ constants into enum
    - mm, compaction: distinguish COMPACT_DEFERRED from COMPACT_SKIPPED
    - mm, compaction: simplify __alloc_pages_direct_compact feedback interface
    - mm, compaction: distinguish between full and partial COMPACT_COMPLETE
    - mm, compaction: abstract compaction feedback to helpers
    - mm, oom: protect !costly allocations some more
    - mm: consider compaction feedback also for costly allocation
    - mm, oom, compaction: prevent from should_compact_retry looping for ever for
      costly orders
    - mm, oom: protect !costly allocations some more for !CONFIG_COMPACTION
    - mm, oom: prevent premature OOM killer invocation for high order request

  * Backport 3 patches to fix bugs with AIX clients using IBMVSCSI Target Driver
    (LP: #1657194)
    - SAUCE: ibmvscsis: Fix max transfer length
    - SAUCE: ibmvscsis: fix sleeping in interrupt context
    - SAUCE: ibmvscsis: Fix srp_transfer_data fail return code

  * NVMe: adapter is missing after abnormal shutdown followed by quick reboot,
    quirk needed (LP: #1656913)
    - nvme: apply DELAY_BEFORE_CHK_RDY quirk at probe time too

  * Ubuntu 16.10 KVM SRIOV: if enable sriov while ping flood is running ping
    will stop working (LP: #1625318)
    - PCI: Do any VF BAR updates before enabling the BARs
    - PCI: Ignore BAR updates on virtual functions
    - PCI: Update BARs using property bits appropriate for type
    - PCI: Separate VF BAR updates from standard BAR updates
    - PCI: Don't update VF BARs while VF memory space is enabled
    - PCI: Remove pci_resource_bar() and pci_iov_resource_bar()
    - PCI: Decouple IORESOURCE_ROM_ENABLE and PCI_ROM_ADDRESS_ENABLE
    - PCI: Add comments about ROM BAR updating

  * Linux rtc self test fails in a VM under xenial (LP: #1649718)
    - kvm: x86: Convert ioapic->rtc_status.dest_map to a struct
    - kvm: x86: Track irq vectors in ioapic->rtc_status.dest_map
    - kvm: x86: Check dest_map->vector to match eoi signals for rtc

  * Xenial update to v4.4.44 stable releas...

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-failed-bionic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-oem - 4.15.0-1006.9

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linux-oem (4.15.0-1006.9) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-image-4.15.0-20-generic install after upgrade from xenial breaks
    (LP: #1767133)
    - Packaging: Depends on linux-base that provides the necessary tools

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-22.24 ]

  * CVE-2018-3639 (powerpc)
    - powerpc/64s: Add support for a store forwarding barrier at kernel entry/exit
    - stf-barrier: set eieio instruction bit 6 for future optimisations
  * CVE-2018-3639 (x86)
    - x86/nospec: Simplify alternative_msr_write()
    - x86/bugs: Concentrate bug detection into a separate function
    - x86/bugs: Concentrate bug reporting into a separate function
    - x86/bugs: Read SPEC_CTRL MSR during boot and re-use reserved bits
    - x86/bugs, KVM: Support the combination of guest and host IBRS
    - x86/bugs: Expose /sys/../spec_store_bypass
    - x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_RDS
    - x86/bugs: Provide boot parameters for the spec_store_bypass_disable
      mitigation
    - x86/bugs/intel: Set proper CPU features and setup RDS
    - x86/bugs: Whitelist allowed SPEC_CTRL MSR values
    - x86/bugs/AMD: Add support to disable RDS on Fam[15,16,17]h if requested
    - x86/KVM/VMX: Expose SPEC_CTRL Bit(2) to the guest
    - x86/speculation: Create spec-ctrl.h to avoid include hell
    - prctl: Add speculation control prctls
    - x86/process: Allow runtime control of Speculative Store Bypass
    - x86/speculation: Add prctl for Speculative Store Bypass mitigation
    - nospec: Allow getting/setting on non-current task
    - proc: Provide details on speculation flaw mitigations
    - seccomp: Enable speculation flaw mitigations
    - x86/bugs: Make boot modes __ro_after_init
    - prctl: Add force disable speculation
    - seccomp: Use PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE
    - seccomp: Add filter flag to opt-out of SSB mitigation
    - seccomp: Move speculation migitation control to arch code
    - x86/speculation: Make "seccomp" the default mode for Speculative Store
      Bypass
    - x86/bugs: Rename _RDS to _SSBD
    - proc: Use underscores for SSBD in 'status'
    - Documentation/spec_ctrl: Do some minor cleanups
    - x86/bugs: Fix __ssb_select_mitigation() return type
    - x86/bugs: Make cpu_show_common() static
  * LSM Stacking prctl values should be redefined as to not collide with
    upstream prctls (LP: #1769263) // CVE-2018-3639
    - SAUCE: LSM stacking: adjust prctl values

linux-oem (4.15.0-1005.8) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-oem: 4.15.0-1005.8 -proposed tracker (LP: #1767398)
    - source built with a clean tree

  * [i915 CNL-Y] system hangs soon after bootup (LP: #1769843)
    - SAUCE: drm/i915/execlists: Use rmb() to order CSB reads

  * hts221 sensor stops working after resume from S3/S4 (LP: #1769658)
    - SAUCE: iio: humidity: hts221: Fix sensor reads after resume

  * Support Intel Atom (Baytrail-I) HS-UART serdev slaves over tty
    (LP: #1769610)
    - serdev: ttyport: release tty lock sooner on open
    - serdev: ttyport: ignore carrier detect to avoid hangups
    - serdev: ttyport: do not used keyed wakeup in write_wakeup
    - serdev: Make .remove in struct serdev_device_d...