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[209.85.217.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v18sm381116uat.5.2020.10.29.10.05.12 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-vs1-f44.google.com with SMTP id b129so1936255vsb.1 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:05:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a67:f88e:: with SMTP id h14mr3250923vso.22.1603991111738; Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:05:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201028142433.18501-1-kitakar@gmail.com> <20201028142433.18501-3-kitakar@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Willem de Bruijn Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:04:34 -0400 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mwifiex: add allow_ps_mode module parameter To: Brian Norris Cc: Tsuchiya Yuto , Amitkumar Karwar , Ganapathi Bhat , Xinming Hu , Kalle Valo , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , linux-wireless , "" , Linux Kernel , Maximilian Luz , Andy Shevchenko , verdre@v0yd.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 9:13 PM Brian Norris wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:56 PM Tsuchiya Yuto wrote: > > > > To make the ps_mode (power_save) control easier, this commit adds a new > > module parameter allow_ps_mode and set it false (disallowed) by default. This sounds like some form of access control, not something that makes power control "easier"? What exactly is the use case. Also, module params in networking devices are discouraged.