Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:45380 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S946043AbcJaWlb (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:41:31 -0400 From: Jes Sorensen To: Barry Day Cc: John Heenan , Kalle Valo , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: Fix for agressive power saving by rtl8723bu wireless IC References: <20161031183522.GA13315@cube> <20161031222045.GA14900@testbox> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:41:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20161031222045.GA14900@testbox> (Barry Day's message of "Tue, 1 Nov 2016 08:20:46 +1000") Message-ID: (sfid-20161031_234135_565311_B98E7429) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Barry Day writes: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 05:25:12PM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: >> As mentioned previously, if this is to be changed here, it has to be >> matched in the _stop section too. It also has to be investigated exactly >> why this matters for 8723bu. It is possible this matters for other >> devices, but we need to find out exactly what causes this not moving a >> major block of init code around like this. > > I've tested this on the 8192e and 8192c. The same problems occurs with the > 8192e but not the 8192c. Stopping and restarting wpa_supplicant had > no affect on the 8192c ability to connect to an AP. Which version of the driver? I did push in some changes for 8192eu recently that fixed the issue with 8192eu driver reloading, and I would be interested in knowing if this didn't fix the problem for you? Second, could we please keep this on the linux-wireless list where it belongs. Everybody else doesn't necessarily want to receive a copy via netdev and linux-kernel Jes