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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:36:13 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] libertas: remove auto_deep_sleep functionality
From: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
To: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
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On 19 July 2011 19:23, Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> wrote:
> To enable deep sleep mode:
> iwconfig wlan0 power period 0
>
> To enable auto deep sleep mode with idle time period set to 5 seconds:
> iwconfig wlan0 power period 5
>
> To disable deep sleep/auto deep sleep mode:
> iwconfig wlan0 power period -1

Paul pointed out that indeed, in old kernels, this functionality was
hooked up to the power wireless extension.

In recent kernels, this is not the case - its not hooked up to
anything. The commands you write above will fail.

Daniel