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authorSujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>2014-02-04 08:37:53 +0530
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2014-02-04 15:30:07 -0500
commit8298383c2cd5a6d0639f1bb1781fba181bd20154 (patch)
tree0c73b1a63b1df391055f451146c10a5c8b98235f /drivers
parent3683a07b29d2bddebb903f1400860c77d8e423f3 (diff)
ath9k: Do not support PowerSave by default
Even though we make sure PowerSave is not enabled by default by disabling the flag, WIPHY_FLAG_PS_ON_BY_DEFAULT on init, PS could be enabled by userspace based on various factors like battery usage etc. Since PS in ath9k is just broken and has been untested for years, remove support for it, but allow a user to explicitly enable it using a module parameter. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
index c36de303c8f3..1fc2e5a26b52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ static int ath9k_bt_ant_diversity;
module_param_named(bt_ant_diversity, ath9k_bt_ant_diversity, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(bt_ant_diversity, "Enable WLAN/BT RX antenna diversity");
+static int ath9k_ps_enable;
+module_param_named(ps_enable, ath9k_ps_enable, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ps_enable, "Enable WLAN PowerSave");
+
bool is_ath9k_unloaded;
/* We use the hw_value as an index into our private channel structure */
@@ -903,13 +907,15 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
hw->flags = IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS |
IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING |
IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM |
- IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK |
IEEE80211_HW_SPECTRUM_MGMT |
IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_RC_TABLE |
IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_HT_CCK_RATES;
+ if (ath9k_ps_enable)
+ hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS;
+
if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_HT) {
hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION;