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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c index bd305f7f3efd..e873a39fcce3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c @@ -1393,11 +1393,20 @@ int rt2x00lib_suspend(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev, pm_message_t state) exit: /* - * Set device mode to sleep for power management. + * Set device mode to sleep for power management, + * on some hardware this call seems to consistently fail. + * From the specifications it is hard to tell why it fails, + * and if this is a "bad thing". + * Overall it is safe to just ignore the failure and + * continue suspending. The only downside is that the + * device will not be in optimal power save mode, but with + * the radio and the other components already disabled the + * device is as good as disabled. */ retval = rt2x00dev->ops->lib->set_device_state(rt2x00dev, STATE_SLEEP); if (retval) - return retval; + WARNING(rt2x00dev, "Device failed to enter sleep state, " + "continue suspending.\n"); return 0; } |