Return-path: Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:63289 "EHLO ironport2-out.pppoe.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751361Ab0CTSwH (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:52:07 -0400 From: Stefan Monnier To: reinette chatre Cc: "linux-wireless\@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: iwl3945 and power saving Message-ID: References: <1268804105.2446.620.camel@rchatre-DESK> <1269017296.2446.1777.camel@rchatre-DESK> <1269036564.2446.1887.camel@rchatre-DESK> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:52:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1269036564.2446.1887.camel@rchatre-DESK> (reinette chatre's message of "Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:09:24 -0700") MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >> Aha! That's very interesting, then. So, given that the previous naive >> power-saving implementation worked well for me (and I presume other >> users as well), would it be possible to use/provide that old naive >> technique for 3945 and 4965? > We could look into this. Could you please submit a request for this > change to http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/ ? Done. > If there is a need for this then I think what can be done here is either > use the current debugfs "sleep_level_override" or maybe some new one to > get to the old behavior. Currently modifying this value will be ignored > if power saving is marked as broken, as is done for 3945. I wonder if we > can modify it such that user can change this setting even if power > saving is marked as broken. This is maybe something you can try out. Thanks, I'm going to take a look at it, Stefan