Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:41760 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752466Ab0CQFfH (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:35:07 -0400 Subject: Re: iwl3945 and power saving From: reinette chatre To: Stefan Monnier Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:35:05 -0700 Message-ID: <1268804105.2446.620.camel@rchatre-DESK> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Stefan, On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 21:49 -0700, Stefan Monnier wrote: > The extra power consumption is quite significant, so I'm considering > compiling my own driver, manually re-enabling the power-saving code. You will need to revert "iwl3945: disable power save" and then also enable power savings using "iwconfig wlanX power on" > > But before I do that, I'd like to know what is the risk involved (it > seems pretty serious since it warranted removing the feature > altogether, even tho it was runtime-disabled by default anyway). You should find all the details in http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2125 Reinette