linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] hostap: use generic power management

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Message-Id: <20200802151832.65606C433CA@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Sun,  2 Aug 2020 15:18:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@...il.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn@...gaas.com>,
        Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhav.varodek@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jouni Malinen <j@...fi>,
        Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] hostap: use generic power management

Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@...il.com> wrote:

> Drivers using legacy power management .suspen()/.resume() callbacks
> have to manage PCI states and device's PM states themselves. They also
> need to take care of standard configuration registers.
> 
> Switch to generic power management framework using a single
> "struct dev_pm_ops" variable to take the unnecessary load from the driver.
> This also avoids the need for the driver to directly call most of the PCI
> helper functions and device power state control functions as through
> the generic framework, PCI Core takes care of the necessary operations,
> and drivers are required to do only device-specific jobs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@...il.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

99aaa1aafa5c hostap: use generic power management

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11675851/

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