[PATCH 1/2] wifi: mt76: mt7921: Disable powersaving by default

[Mario Limonciello]

On 12/13/2023 07:35, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 12.12.23 10:08, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>> Several users have reported awful latency when powersaving is enabled
>> with certain access point combinations. It's also reported that the
>> powersaving feature doesn't provide an ample enough savings to justify
>> being enabled by default with these issues.
>>
>> Introduce a module parameter that would control the power saving
>> behavior.  Set it to default as disabled. This mirrors what some other
>> WLAN drivers like iwlwifi do.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Sultan Alsawaf <sultan at kerneltoast.com>
>> Link: 
>> https://codeberg.org/Hybrid-Project-Developers/linux-tkg/blame/branch/master/mt76:-mt7921:-Disable-powersave-features-by-default.mypatch
>> Link: 
>> https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/0027-mt76_-mt7921_-Disable-powersave-features-by-default.patch?h=linux-g14
>> Link: 
>> https://community.frame.work/t/responded-strange-wlan-problems-with-kernel-branch-6-2/41868/4
>> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
> 
> This patch is disabling two different things at the same time:
> - Wifi powersaving
> - Device hardware powersaving
> 
> Have you tried simply disabling 802.11 powersave via nl80211 to mitigate 
> the issues with affected APs?
> 
> - Felix

Kalle suggested this as well, I will experiment, thanks.