FS#72659 - [linux] 5.15's new r8188eu driver fails to find some networks, patch available

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by AaronP (Bellum) - Monday, 08 November 2021, 00:43 GMT
Last edited by Jonas Witschel (diabonas) - Monday, 22 November 2021, 09:42 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Kernel
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

After running into this issue myself, I did a quick search and found this bug report:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-staging/msg09122.html

Later on, someone wrote a patch which can be found here

https://github.com/PhilPotter/linux_temp/commit/df23ab67c81c2e6b3c9d1781ae30d939f3f8f759.patch

I applied the patch locally and can confirm that I can now connect to my local wifi.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Jonas Witschel (diabonas)
Monday, 22 November 2021, 09:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  linux 5.15.3.arch1-1 (https://github.com/archlinux/linux/comm it/150424b14ca70f807b083aaae52db9eb072ba 2e4)

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