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Re: ath9k prevents CPU from entering C4 state (kernel 2.6.37 regression)

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On Saturday 22 January 2011 21:38:47 Richard Schütz wrote:
> I noticed that from kernel 2.6.37 on (i've tested 2.6.38-rc2, too) ath9k 
> prevents my CPU (Intel Atom N450) from entering the C4 power state. It 
> only goes down to C2 (there's no C3) instead. In 2.6.36(.3) everything 
> is still fine. The CPU will only go down to C4 with 2.6.37 when the 
> wireless interface is brought down.

"ath9k: Fix a DMA latency issue for Intel Pinetrail platforms."
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg58264.html

the pm_qos value will be configurable with 2.6.38: 

"ath9k: Make PM-QOS value as user configurable"
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg61259.html

"This will help our customers to configure the pm-qos value according
to the effect in throughput due to the DMA latency problem which was
observed in Intel Pinetrail platforms."

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