[3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "ath9k_htc: Do not support PowerSave by default" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    ath9k_htc: Do not support PowerSave by default

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.19.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 605c29c00eab02170107e5744eb847468202a95f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleksij Rempel <linux at rempel-privat.de>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:14:53 +0100
Subject: ath9k_htc: Do not support PowerSave by default

commit 6bca610d97b6139a1d7598b8009da9d339daa50f upstream.

It is a copy/paste of patch provided by Sujith for ath9k.

"Even though we make sure PowerSave is not enabled by default
by disabling the flag, WIPHY_FLAG_PS_ON_BY_DEFAULT on init,
PS could be enabled by userspace based on various factors
like battery usage etc. Since PS in ath9k is just broken
and has been untested for years, remove support for it, but
allow a user to explicitly enable it using a module parameter."

Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <linux at rempel-privat.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
index 351123a..4f9eb6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ static int ath9k_htc_btcoex_enable;
 module_param_named(btcoex_enable, ath9k_htc_btcoex_enable, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(btcoex_enable, "Enable wifi-BT coexistence");

+static int ath9k_ps_enable;
+module_param_named(ps_enable, ath9k_ps_enable, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ps_enable, "Enable WLAN PowerSave");
+
 #define CHAN2G(_freq, _idx)  { \
 	.center_freq = (_freq), \
 	.hw_value = (_idx), \
@@ -718,11 +722,13 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv,
 		IEEE80211_HW_SPECTRUM_MGMT |
 		IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL |
 		IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS |
-		IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
 		IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK |
 		IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS |
 		IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING;

+	if (ath9k_ps_enable)
+		hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS;
+
 	hw->wiphy->interface_modes =
 		BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) |
 		BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) |
--
1.8.3.2