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

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Message-ID: <20161031222045.GA14900@testbox>
Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2016 08:20:46 +1000
From:   Barry Day <briselec@...il.com>
To:     Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
Cc:     John Heenan <john@...s.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: Fix for agressive power saving by rtl8723bu
 wireless IC

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.