BeagleBoneGreen: Disabling Wi-Fi Power Management Permanently

The operating system is Debian. This is a dirty solution but it does work anyway.

root@beaglebone:~# cat /etc/pm/power.d/wlan0_pm_off
#!/bin/bash

[ -x /sbin/iwconfig ] || exit 0
[ -n "`/sbin/iwconfig 2>/dev/null | grep wlan0`" ] || exit 0

/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 power off
root@beaglebone:~# crontab -l | grep -v "^#"
*/1 * * * * /etc/pm/power.d/wlan0_pm_off
root@beaglebone:~# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"*****"  
...
          Power Management:off
...

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