[ltp] How to disable unnecessary hardware

[Florian Reitmeir]

Dmitry E. Mikhailov wrote:
> One more question please.
>
> How do I disable unneeded hardware to save power on my Thinkpad X60:
> 1) Infrared port
> 2) Modem (no linux driver installed)
> 3) Firewire / 1394
> 4) SD host controller may be
>
> Disable in BIOS? rmmod? some setpci magic?

best in BIOS if disabled there, it will powerdown the devices so 
linux/windows will not see them anymore.

but .. there was a bug if you disable the modem on some models the 
soundcard is also disabled, this is because the modem is part of the 
soundcard..

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