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    wl1251: Add support for idle mode · 1e5f52de
    Jarkko Nikula authored
    On Nokia N900 the wl1251 consumes the most power when the interface is up
    but not associated to access point (that supports PSM). In terms of battery
    current consumption, the consumption is ~180 mA higher when the interface is
    up but not associated and only ~5 mA higher when associated compared to
    interface down and driver not loaded cases.
    
    This patch adds support for the mac80211 idle notifications. Chip is put into
    idle very much the same way when entering into PSM by utilizing the Extreme
    Low Power (ELP) mode. I.e. idle is entered by setting necessary conditions
    in wl1251_ps_set_mode followed by a call to wl1251_ps_elp_sleep.
    
    It seems it is just enough the authorize ELP mode followed by
    CMD_DISCONNECT (thanks to Kalle Valo about the idea to use it).
    Without disconnect command the chip remains somewhat active and stays
    consuming ~20 mA. Idle mode is left by same way than PSM. The wl1251_join
    call is used to revert the CMD_DISCONNECT. Without it association to AP
    doesn't work when trying second time.
    
    With this patch the interface up but not associated case the battery current
    consumption is less than 1 mA higher compared to interface down case.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJarkko Nikula <jhnikula@gmail.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarKalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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