[ltp] Re: Getting ipw3945 kill switch to bring eth1 down?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> > That said, I usually down the interfaces and remove the device driver
> >> > modules for stuff I am not using when on battery, because the kernel powers
> >> > down or deactivates a lot of stuff when we do that, and that saves a
> >> > noticeable ammount of power.
> >> 
> >> What it's worth: my T60's ipw3945 chip seems to consume 0.7W *more* when
> >> the module is unloaded than when the interface is up and running in
> >> power_save mode 7.
> 
> > Interesting data point.  Maybe the card is being left on, running a tight
> > loop (bad).
> 
> > I will re-check that with the T43 and the ipw2915 card.
> 
> It seems specific to the ipw3945 but someone else mentioned a similar
> behavior for some other machine (an X60 maybe?).

Which would also have a ipw3945 or ipw49xx card :p

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