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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc: Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com,  alexis.lothore@bootlin.com,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,  claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: wilc1000: Keep slot powered on during suspend/resume
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 19:32:02 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874j73e1dp.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <12b79e2b-08ca-4ba0-8abb-6f1d0be65b3c@denx.de> (Marek Vasut's message of "Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:38:12 +0200")

Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de> writes:

> Since this driver does not reload the firmware into the card on
> resume, the card has to be kept powered on during suspend/resume
> cycle. The card can NOT be powered off during suspend/resume cycle,
> otherwise the firmware is lost.
>
> Without this flag, the card may be powered off during suspend/resume
> cycle. It possibly does not happen on the Atmel controller, but it
> does on the STM32MP15xx ARM MMCI one.
>
> Now, since the card does consume about the same amount of power
> whether it is powered OFF or whether it is powered ON but suspended, I
> opt for the later option -- keep the card powered ON, suspend it, and
> that's what this patch does. This also allows us to support WoWlan
> then.

Are you also taking into account hibernation? During hibernation the
device will be powered off. I can't remember the details right now but
wanted to mention this.

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

  reply	other threads:[~2024-08-29 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-21 18:37 [PATCH] wifi: wilc1000: Keep slot powered on during suspend/resume Marek Vasut
2024-08-27  9:53 ` Alexis Lothoré
2024-08-27 15:20   ` Marek Vasut
2024-08-28  7:42     ` Alexis Lothoré
2024-08-29  1:45       ` Ajay.Kathat
2024-08-29  2:45         ` Marek Vasut
2024-08-29  5:51           ` Ajay.Kathat
2024-08-29 15:38             ` Marek Vasut
2024-08-29 16:32               ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2024-08-29 22:23                 ` Marek Vasut
2024-09-02 16:32                   ` Kalle Valo
2024-09-02 16:43                     ` Marek Vasut
2024-09-05  7:27                       ` Kalle Valo
2024-09-06 18:23                         ` Marek Vasut
2024-08-31  5:22               ` Ajay.Kathat
2024-08-31 21:18                 ` Marek Vasut
2024-09-04 17:09                   ` Ajay.Kathat

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