Bug 629634 – Edimax_EW-7733UnD doesn't work on new stable 4.12.5 kernel

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description cono 2017-09-02 09:11:16 UTC]

Created attachment 491710 [details]
git bisect log

Hello all,

I have following USB stick: https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Edimax_EW-7733UnD
and stopped to work on new stable 4.12.5 kernel.

I bisected problem to the particular commit:
41977e86c984fcdddb454a3d7887de5d47b5f530 is the first bad commit

Attaching also bisect log.

p.s. Not sure what else I can provide, so please suggest.

[Comment 1 cono 2017-09-02 09:24:35 UTC]

Created attachment 491712 [details]
wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -i wlp0s29f7u8 -dd

wpa_supplicant just can't find suitable network with bad kernel

[Comment 2 cono 2017-09-02 09:25:42 UTC]

wpa_supplicant.conf:

network={
        ssid="cono-out"
        psk="SECRET"
        scan_ssid=1
        proto=RSN
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        group=CCMP TKIP
        pairwise=CCMP TKIP
        priority=1
}

[Comment 3 cono 2017-09-04 10:48:53 UTC]

Kernel bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196823

[Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2017-09-19 07:10:26 UTC]

I am pretty sure you want to talk to [e-mail] about this, not your distro.