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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211/mac80211: enable proper device_set_wakeup_enable handling

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On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 20:08 +0530, Mohammed Shafi wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > In WoWLAN, we only get the triggers when we actually get
> > to suspend. As a consequence, drivers currently don't
> > know that the device should enable wakeup. However, the
> > device_set_wakeup_enable() API is intended to be called
> > when the wakeup is enabled, not later when needed.
> >
> > Add a new set_wakeup() call to cfg80211 and mac80211 to
> > allow drivers to properly call device_set_wakeup_enable.
> 
> should we take care of anything else apart from
> device_set_wakeup_enable in this driver
> callback. we are working in ath9k WoW and i had seen the drivers use
> device_set_wakeup_enable
> API in the suspend/resume path. thank you.

Yeah, I also did it in the suspend/resume path but Rafael told me that
was wrong. As the PM maintainer, he should know :-)

I don't think you need to do anything else in this callback.

johannes

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