[PATCH] wifi: ath12k: enable 802.11 power save mode in station mode

Kalle Valo kvalo at kernel.org
Mon Feb 5 08:59:56 PST 2024


Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com> wrote:

> To reduce power consumption enable 802.11 power save mode in
> station mode. This allows both radio and CPU to sleep more.
> 
> Only enable the mode on WCN7850, other chips don't support it
> for now.
> 
> To test that power save mode is running, run below command and
> check there is no NULL Data frame seen by a sniffer:
>         iw dev <inf> set power_save off
> 
> And run below command, then check there is a NULL Data frame
> in sniffer:
>         iw dev <inf> set power_save on
> 
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0-03427-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.15378.4
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang at quicinc.com>
> Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

54ca3308a23c wifi: ath12k: enable 802.11 power save mode in station mode

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240201035830.2534-1-quic_bqiang@quicinc.com/

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