[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