On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:55:07PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 11/18/2009 11:21 PM, William Bourque wrote:
> > Also, just saying, but it seems Larry's "pm_qos_update_requirement" 
> > patch had some good effects; I can hardly get any connectivity without 
> > it. With the patch, the wireless seems to be stable for a few minutes 
> > before generating DMA errors... without the patch the error start piling 
> > up as soon the interface get up.
> 
> If the pm_qos patch has some positive benefits, I'll push it; however, I think
> this is just a band aid, not a real fix. It also has the bad side effect of
> keeping the CPU from going into deep sleep, which increases the power usage 
> with
> reduced battery life.
> 
> John: Any thoughts on this matter?

Missing deep sleep is bad.  At the very least you need to limit that
to devices that truly need it, as Michael suggested.

John
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