[PATCH v2 4/4] ath10k: Enable sta idle power save

[Sebastian Gottschall]

>> Yes this is WIFI chip set level power-save(based on idleness) and not
>> related to protocol power save. FW will turn off/scale down the
>> resources(clock/rails) based on opportunity(when ever idle mode is
>> detected). This power save is mostly done in disconnected state. I am
>> not really sure when framework/user-space triggers power-save
>> config(iw dev <devname> set power_save on/off). Then doing this from
>> user-space will be unnecessarily toggling this config or may not be
>> setting at disconnected state.
> I think that 'set power_save' commands affects struct
> ieee80211_bss_conf::ps parameter and I don't think it should be used in
> this case. We already have ath10k_config_ps() for 802.11 level of power
> saving.
>
> Arend again proposed runtime-pm with which I'm not very familiar. But
> why would we want to disable this? Doesn't it make sense to have this
> feature always enabled to save power? wcn3990 is a chip for a mobile
> device anyway.
it might be made for mobile devices but who knows how it is used by the 
market.

Sebastian
>

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