On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:24:30PM +0900, Tsuchiya Yuto wrote: > Hello all, > > On Microsoft Surface devices (PCIe-88W8897), we are observing stability > issues when ps_mode (IEEE power_save) is enabled, then eventually causes > firmware crash. Especially on 5GHz APs, the connection is completely > unstable and almost unusable. > > I think the most desirable change is to fix the ps_mode itself. But is > seems to be hard work [1], I'm afraid we have to go this way. > > Therefore, the first patch of this series disables the ps_mode by default > instead of enabling it on driver init. I'm not sure if explicitly > disabling it is really required or not. I don't have access to the details > of this chip. Let me know if it's enough to just remove the code that > enables ps_mode. > > The Second patch adds a new module parameter named "allow_ps_mode". Since > other wifi drivers just disable power_save by default by module parameter > like this, I also added this. > > The third patch adds a message when ps_mode will be changed. Useful when > diagnosing connection issues. > [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109681 Can you attach this to the actual patch as BugLink: tag? -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
