[ltp] what to use to save battery
Jiang Qian
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:55:51 -0400
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> http://lwn.net/Articles/143397/
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> in my thinkpad and X60s there is an internal USBV1 bus, and the kernel
> activate that bus, because there is the fingerprint reader on it (and
> bluetooth).
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> just unbind the usb host controller, and the cpu can use C3/C4. To use
> bluetooth it should fairly simple to script the "bluetooth" button to first
> bind the bus..
Since I don't use bluetooth, but do occasionally us fingerprint reader,
may I ask how can I disable fingerprint reader when I'm on battery,
(unloading some usb modules?) but re-enable it when I'm on AC? Which
modules shall I unload to disable all usb and re-enable it later?
Thanks
Jiang
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