Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxx> writes: > Since this driver does not reload the firmware into the card on > resume, the card has to be kept powered on during suspend/resume > cycle. The card can NOT be powered off during suspend/resume cycle, > otherwise the firmware is lost. > > Without this flag, the card may be powered off during suspend/resume > cycle. It possibly does not happen on the Atmel controller, but it > does on the STM32MP15xx ARM MMCI one. > > Now, since the card does consume about the same amount of power > whether it is powered OFF or whether it is powered ON but suspended, I > opt for the later option -- keep the card powered ON, suspend it, and > that's what this patch does. This also allows us to support WoWlan > then. Are you also taking into account hibernation? During hibernation the device will be powered off. I can't remember the details right now but wanted to mention this. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
