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Message-ID: <CA+FuTSdayk_YwH2F_k4HYsYPCn_u-k_qdowHpMJUHvLXrvdZ7g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:04:34 -0400
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Tsuchiya Yuto <kitakar@...il.com>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@....com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "<netdev@...r.kernel.org>" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>, verdre@...d.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mwifiex: add allow_ps_mode module parameter

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 9:13 PM Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:56 PM Tsuchiya Yuto <kitakar@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > To make the ps_mode (power_save) control easier, this commit adds a new
> > module parameter allow_ps_mode and set it false (disallowed) by default.

This sounds like some form of access control, not something that makes
power control "easier"? What exactly is the use case.

Also, module params in networking devices are discouraged.

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