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Re: [PATCH 2.6.31] iwlwifi: Reenable power_level

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On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Johannes Berg<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Reinette,
>
>> The file itself was removed, but from what I understand the same
>> functionality can now be obtained from sleep_level_override.
>
> Indeed.
>
>> Users who
>> previously used power_level can thus now use sleep_level_override, but
>> with sleep_level_override not existing in 2.6.31 they will have no
>> alternative if we remove power_level.
>>
>> > So it
>> > may be fair to remove it for .31 since there you can't use it anyway.
>>
>> You can still use it to manually set power index used by device to
>> reduce power usage.
>
> I was under the impression that Andrew said this actually didn't work.

Exactly.  My patch fixes that, although there might be a better way to do that.

--Andy

>
> johannes
>
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