[ltp] T30 Serial Port
   
    wes schreiner
     
    linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
       
    Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:17:13 -0500
    
    
  
Richard Mancusi wrote:
>Thanks for the reply.  So, I will assume that I have not
>done any harm.
>  
>
You haven't done any harm, but the reason that the serial port is 
disabled by default is that few people actually use it, yet when it is 
enabled it does draw power.  So it is disabled in order to reduce the 
drain on the battery by a small amount.  In general, if you want maximum 
run time on battery, you should disable everything you aren't going to use.
wes