Without this patch, trying to use: iw dev wlan0 set power_save on before the driver is initialized results in an EIO error. It is more useful to simply remember the desired setting and establish it when the driver is initialized. Signed-off-by: David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c | 3 --- drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c | 8 ++++++++ drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c index dc4bfe7be378..01d607fa2ded 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c @@ -1280,9 +1280,6 @@ static int set_power_mgmt(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, struct wilc_vif *vif = netdev_priv(dev); struct wilc_priv *priv = &vif->priv; - if (!priv->hif_drv) - return -EIO; - wilc_set_power_mgmt(vif, enabled, timeout); return 0; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c index 29a42bc47017..66fd77c816f7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/hif.c @@ -1934,6 +1934,14 @@ int wilc_set_power_mgmt(struct wilc_vif *vif, bool enabled, u32 timeout) int result; s8 power_mode; + if (!wilc->initialized) { + /* Simply remember the desired setting for now; will be + * established by wilc_init_fw_config(). + */ + wilc->power_save_mode = enabled; + return 0; + } + if (enabled) power_mode = WILC_FW_MIN_FAST_PS; else diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c index 4712cd7dff9f..082bed26a981 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c @@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ static int wilc1000_firmware_download(struct net_device *dev) static int wilc_init_fw_config(struct net_device *dev, struct wilc_vif *vif) { struct wilc_priv *priv = &vif->priv; + struct wilc *wilc = vif->wilc; struct host_if_drv *hif_drv; u8 b; u16 hw; @@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ static int wilc_init_fw_config(struct net_device *dev, struct wilc_vif *vif) if (!wilc_wlan_cfg_set(vif, 0, WID_QOS_ENABLE, &b, 1, 0, 0)) goto fail; - b = WILC_FW_NO_POWERSAVE; + b = wilc->power_save_mode ? WILC_FW_MIN_FAST_PS : WILC_FW_NO_POWERSAVE; if (!wilc_wlan_cfg_set(vif, 0, WID_POWER_MANAGEMENT, &b, 1, 0, 0)) goto fail; -- 2.25.1