On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 08:24:28AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> I'm not sure I understand. Your patch (which would go to 2.6.31)
> >> has it turned-on by default. Which way do you want it?
> >
> > I want it turned on by default, at least in wireless-testing; Kalle
> > thinks that we should turn it off for a .31 release.
> >
> > I would think that since an easy workaround is available ("iwconfig
> > wlan0 power off") and it doesn't affect most hardware yet anyway (only
> > those supporting powersave) we should turn it on by default anyway,
> > since otherwise we won't find any bugs -- but maybe that's just me.
>
> Yes, in my opinion the power save should not be enabled by default for
> the big masses, at least not yet. My understanding is that only few
> people have tested it and I would like to see more testing first.
>
> But if you (Johannes&John) think it's ready for the prime time, I'm not
> going to complain :)
Well there is always a trade-off. But by the time 2.6.31 come around
the code will have been in wireless-testing, net-next, and linux-next
for a reasonably long time. Hopefully we will have good confidence
in it by then. If not, then we can disable it by default later.
John
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