Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH 4/5] mac80211: add WoW support

["Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 08:31:17AM -0700, Luis Rodriguez wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 06:31:02AM -0700, Simsek, Burak wrote:
> > Hi Luis,
> > 
> > we tried your patches on the old version as described in your patch file. 
> > 
> > As you wrote the first issue was about the getting the right hardware. We
> > first wanted to use RS71-USB from ubiquity and it has AR9280. However, we
> > then realized that the implementation was for pci. We had assumed that RS71
> > would use ath9k but it used AR9170 driver. First question: do you think that
> > we can do similar patch for usb without much effort?
> 
> Well, ar9170 uses Atheros radios but uses an old Zydas MAC so the programming
> would be different and I am not sure if ar9170 ever supported WoW. Stephen
> and Christian would know best at this point, whom I have CC'd.

I checked and ar9170 does not support WoW in hardware but since the firmware is
open (GPLv2) a WoW solution might be possible through software. You'd just have
to implement it. May want to look at carl9170.

  Luis