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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index bd305f7f3ef..e873a39fcce 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;
}