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Re: [rt2x00-users] [PATCH] rt2800lib : Add a patch to disable/enable power save mode.

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On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Chen, Chien-Chia <machen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch is to enable/disable power save mode. rt2800lib
> disables PCI WLAN module power save mode default. It allows
> to enable the power save mode.

And what is wrong by doing this using the 'iwconfig'/'iw' tools?

> Sign-off-by: Chen, Chien-Chia <matt680209@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c |   10 +++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> index 197b446..8ddbf83 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
>  #include "rt2800.h"
>
>  /*
> + * Allow power save mode to be disabled.
> + */
> +static bool power_save_disabled = true;
> +module_param(power_save_disabled, bool, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(power_save_disabled, " Disable power save. (default: disable. 1=disable, 0=enable.)");
> +
> +/*
>   * Register access.
>   * All access to the CSR registers will go through the methods
>   * rt2800_register_read and rt2800_register_write.
> @@ -5079,7 +5086,8 @@ static int rt2800_probe_hw_mode(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
>         /*
>          * Disable powersaving as default on PCI devices.
>          */
> -       if (rt2x00_is_pci(rt2x00dev) || rt2x00_is_soc(rt2x00dev))
> +       if ((rt2x00_is_pci(rt2x00dev) || rt2x00_is_soc(rt2x00dev)) &&
> +           power_save_disabled)
>                 rt2x00dev->hw->wiphy->flags &= ~WIPHY_FLAG_PS_ON_BY_DEFAULT;
>
>         /*
> --
> 1.6.0.2
>
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