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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: fix aphy / wiphy idle mismatch

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On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:29:59AM -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> ath9k supports its own set of virtual wiphys, and it uses
> the mac80211 idle notifications to know when a device needs
> to be idle or not. We recently changed ath9k to force idle
> on driver stop() and on resume but forgot to take into account
> ath9k's own virtual wiphy idle states. These are used internally
> by ath9k to check if the device's radio should be powered down
> on each idle call. Without this change its possible that the
> device could have been forced off but the virtual wiphy idle
> was left on.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> I'm not yet sure if this actually fixes an issue but it
> certainly is a proper ammendment to the other idle fix
> submitted for stable for suspend/resume.

Can you refresh me on which patch that is?

John
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