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From: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
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Chris Clayton <chris2553@sky.com> writes:

> 4. Are there any plans to be able to switch power-saving on/off on a
> driver-by-driver basis. It seems to me, although I'm happy to be
> corrected, that it is either on or off for a given kernel, depending
> on CONFIG_MAC80211_DEFAULT_PS.

mac80211 drivers can control power save with IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS
flag. Also it can runtime from user space with 'iwconfig wlan0 power
off'. nl80211 interface is on my todo list.

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Kalle Valo