On Thu, 2009-08-13 14:59:13 Paul Fertser wrote: > "arne anka" <openm...@ginguppin.de> writes: > >> Keeping the module loaded and just request/release it via FSO (I have a > >> little > >> GUI for this) should be pretty safe? > > > > according to > > > > "You just kill fsoraw or wpa_supplicant and the wifi module gets > > unpowered and the driver unloaded. This works automatically and every > > time. That way even if the firmware was crashed it will be reloaded > > without any additional actions from you side. Also by using it the way > > i propose you do not trigger ifconfig up/down bug." > > > > the module should get unloaded when not used anymore. > > Sorry, i wasn't precise enough. In fact the module is not unloaded but > is bound/unbound. The effect is the same, according to Werner.
FYI: http://lwn.net/Articles/143397/ > > >> I just have to avoid suspend though. > > Are you sure? For me suspend didn't harm wifi usage. Had not tried it in a while - but it worked once now :) - so I will not release WiFi before my next suspends and see what happens. Thanks for this hint. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community