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From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Re: [RFC V2] b43/legacy: port to cfg80211 rfkill
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Michael Buesch wrote:
> Larry, wouldn't it work to do
> 
> mutex_lock();
> ...
> if (!initialized) {
> 	ssb_bus_powerup();
> 	ssb_device_enable();
> 	poll_the_bit;
> 	ssb_device_disable();
> 	ssb_bus_may_powerdown();
> }
> ...
> mutex_unlock();
> 
> That would be a _lot_ less heavyweight (at the order of 300 milliseconds less).
> And from a power point of view, the PHY and Radio would stay turned off.

Thanks for the suggestion. The method works well and should be a part
of the final patch.

Larry