[ltp] Disabling the wireless

[Frank Schaeckermann]

Alejandro Sobrino Beltrán alex.sobrino-at-gmail.com |Linux on ThinkPads| 
wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:11:56 +0100, Frank Schaeckermann 
>> But that is exactly what you accomplish by stopping the WLAN modules!
>> 
>>You won't need the modules anyway if you have your hardware switched
>>off. So what is your problem with stopping them?
> 
> I already know that if the hardware is turned off you don't need the
> modules... But that is what I don't know how to do: stop the hardware.
> I don't care about the modules, if they are loaded (or not).
> 
> <snip>
> 
> He only looks if the modules are already loaded. If so, then they are
> unloaded. But there is nothing about turning off the hardware.
> 
> Maybe I'm wrong :?

No you are absolutely right! But when I remove these modules, my 
wireless light goes off and I (maybe wrongly) assume, that the 
shutdown-code of the driver takes care of switching the power to the 
hardware off. At least I have recognized a considerable difference in 
battery life between having the modules loaded and having them stopped.

Frank