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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] net: ethtool: do runtime PM outside RTNL
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Marc MERLIN <marc@merlins.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>, 
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Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:50:10 +0100
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On Tue, 2023-12-05 at 15:15 -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote:
> >=20
> > Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Descript=
ion
> >   24.1 W     59.6 pkts/s                Device         Network interfac=
e: wlp9s0 (iwlwifi)

That seems excessive, I'm not sure it's even _possible_ for it to draw
that much power?

> > The battery reports a discharge rate of 36.1 W
>=20
> Obviously unloading iwlwifi fixes it:
> > The battery reports a discharge rate of 26.0 W

That would put it closer to 10W, but even that seems too much... no idea
though.

> Is this something I should persue separately on
> linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org or ilw@linux.intel.com or elsewhere?
>=20

Certainly separately, maybe put a bug on bugzilla per
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi/debugging

johannes