#12764 NORM Future : powerd interferes with wake-on-wlan

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#12764: powerd interferes with wake-on-wlan
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 Reporter:  pgf                     |                 Owner:  pgf                     
     Type:  defect                  |                Status:  new                     
 Priority:  normal                  |             Milestone:  Future Release          
Component:  power manager (powerd)  |               Version:  Software Build 13.2.0-13
 Keywords:                          |           Next_action:  code                    
 Verified:  0                       |   Deployment_affected:                          
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 when sleeping, powerd checks to be sure a wireless association exists
 before enabling wake-on-wlan.  after all, it's pointless to expect packets
 if we're not on a network.

 the check uses the output of iwconfig.  iwconfig, however, may report
 transient unassociated states, which seem to be a natural part of
 automatic reassociation.  the result is that sometimes powerd will fail to
 configure for wake-on-wlan, and the next sleep will be unwakeable.

 checking for wireless association using nmcli to query state from
 NetworkManager seems to be immune from this issue.  fix pending.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/12764>
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