From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262730AbUCWRrb (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:47:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262741AbUCWRrb (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:47:31 -0500 Received: from mx2.ews.uiuc.edu ([130.126.161.238]:36772 "EHLO mx2.ews.uiuc.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262730AbUCWRra (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:47:30 -0500 From: "Wanghong Yuan" To: Subject: how to switch wireless card states, thanks Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:47:29 -0600 Message-ID: <000001c410fe$e9542540$e6f7ae80@ad.uiuc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I am current doing a project to save the energy consumed by the wireless network card. I know IEEE 802.11 supports a PSM mode. But I need to go a further step: explicitly switching the card states (e.g., from idle to sleep or from sleep to active) in the kernel or user space. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks and appreciate your help. Wanghong