Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: Fix for agressive power saving by rtl8723bu wireless IC

[Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>]

Barry Day <briselec@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 06:41:30PM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> Barry Day <briselec@gmail.com> writes:
>> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 05:25:12PM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> >> As mentioned previously, if this is to be changed here, it has to be
>> >> matched in the _stop section too. It also has to be investigated exactly
>> >> why this matters for 8723bu. It is possible this matters for other
>> >> devices, but we need to find out exactly what causes this not moving a
>> >> major block of init code around like this.
>> >
>> > I've tested this on the 8192e and 8192c. The same problems occurs with the
>> > 8192e but not the 8192c. Stopping and restarting wpa_supplicant had
>> > no affect on the 8192c ability to connect to an AP.
>> 
>> Which version of the driver? I did push in some changes for 8192eu
>> recently that fixed the issue with 8192eu driver reloading, and I would
>> be interested in knowing if this didn't fix the problem for you?
>> 
>> Second, could we please keep this on the linux-wireless list where it
>> belongs. Everybody else doesn't necessarily want to receive a copy via
>> netdev and linux-kernel
>
> The tests were done with the latest version of rtl8xxxu-devel. I haven't
> noticed any occurence of the previous issue with the 8192eu.

OK, I am back from my trip, but still burried alive catching up on
things. This is very much on the list of things I want to investigate.

Jes