linux-kernel - Re: gigabit ethernet power consumption

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Message-Id: <200710090858.46760.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:58:46 +0200
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: gigabit ethernet power consumption

Am Dienstag 09 Oktober 2007 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> Question is, how to implement it correctly? Daemon that would watch
> data rates and switch speeds using mii-tool would be simple, but is
> that enough?

Do you only want to affect true ethernet devices this way? It seems
to me that the savings for wireless devices could be larger and we don't
want a separate mechanism for each type of network device. So I think
you need to tell the kernel why you want to reduce the link speed.

	Regards
		Oliver

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