120-170+mA of savings.
rfkill / iface down does not work properly, the wifi module will consume more power when disabled than when enabled. Toggling WiFi off does cause more powerdraw than leaving it on.
PHP Code:
sudo rmmod 8723cs # kill wifi
sudo modprobe 8723cs # restore wifi
Megi reproduced my findings today and is aware of the issue.
Quote:hmm, right, I can measure 416mA when wlan0 is up, and 505 mA when down, and 380mA when the driver is unloaded
Unloading the kernel module is currently the only workaround.
Maybe let the maintainers of the distro you're using know - I've already notified the SXMO team.
