Re: [v2] brcmfmac: Avoid keeping power to SDIO card unless WOWL is used

[Kalle Valo]

Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Keeping the power to the SDIO card during system wide suspend, consumes
> energy. Especially on battery driven embedded systems, this can be a
> problem. Therefore, let's change the behaviour into allowing the SDIO card
> to be powered off, unless WOWL is supported and enabled.
> 
> Note that, the downside from this change, is that during system resume the
> SDIO card needs to be re-initialized and the FW must be re-programmed. Even
> if this may take some time to complete, it should we worth it, rather than
> draining the battery.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Christophe Roullier <christophe.roullier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Yann Gautier <yann.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

92cadedd9d5f brcmfmac: Avoid keeping power to SDIO card unless WOWL is used

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220323083950.414783-1-ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx/

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