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From: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
To: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com>
Cc: Shahar Levi <shahar_levi@ti.com>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wl12xx: Add Support for Low Power DRPw (LPD) Mode
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 12:16:06 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1306833366.23002.52.camel@cumari> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikGm1KwNTXXHTjM0K1tVNOPpi2BLQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 12:11 +0300, Eliad Peller wrote: 
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 10:51 +0300, Shahar Levi wrote:
> >> The Low Power DRPw (LPD) mode contains several optimizations
> >> that designed to reduce the solution's consumption. The
> >> purpose is to save current consumption in RX and Listen mode.
> >>
> >> LPD setting apply only for wl127x AP mode (not wl128x)
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Shahar Levi <shahar_levi@ti.com>
> >> ---
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> > I still think this is not the right way to do it.  It doesn't make sense
> > to have it in the configuration parameters.  If you want to make it
> > configurable, it should be in the NVS file and the driver should clear
> > it when not in AP mode (and whoever generates the NVS needs to make sure
> > it's never set for wl128x).
> >
> please don't use the "blacklist" approach. it always gets broken at some point.

I totally agree.


> > The other solution is to always set this flag when in wl127x in AP-mode,
> > in which case it doesn't need to be configurable at all.  That would be
> > the simplest solution and you could even use a quirk if it makes it
> > easier.
> >
> sounds much better.

Yes, and now we got confirmation that this is really the case.  It
should always be set for wl127x in AP-mode and not be set for anything
else.  This is a clear case, not a configurable value.

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.


  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-31  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-31  7:51 [PATCH] wl12xx: Add Support for Low Power DRPw (LPD) Mode Shahar Levi
2011-05-31  8:35 ` Luciano Coelho
2011-05-31  9:11   ` Eliad Peller
2011-05-31  9:16     ` Luciano Coelho [this message]
2011-05-31 11:17       ` Levi, Shahar

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