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Re: [PATCH 1/7] wl12xx: set the ELP entry delay to the FW dyn-ps timeout

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On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 00:41 +0200, Arik Nemtsov wrote: 
> With PSM handled in FW, the checks in wl1271_elp_work() are always true.
> Thus during active traffic we constantly enter and exit ELP (many times
> per second). As each ELP exit takes ~10ms, this can have an adverse
> effect on throughput and interactivity.
> Set the ELP timeout to the dyn-ps timeout. This period is longer and
> avoids the above problem. It also makes sense to stay out of ELP while
> we are awake on the network, to minimize delays in Tx/Rx. The same thing
> was done by the mac80211 dynamic-ps mechanism before the FW DPS changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Applied this whole series with the change from WARN_ON to WARN_ON_ONCE
on patch 3/7 and pushed.

Thanks, Arik!

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.

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