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Message-ID: <20071226190045.GB8094@elf.ucw.cz>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:00:45 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.osdl.org>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [RFC] sleepy linux
On Wed 2007-12-26 10:56:59, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
>> This is RFC. It does not even work for me... it sleeps but it will not
>> wake up, because SATA wakeup code is missing. Code attached for
>> illustration.
>> I wonder if this is the right approach? What is right interface to the
>> drivers?
>> 3) Network card that is either down
>> or can wake up system on any packet (and not loose too many packets)
>
> This is the big crux I see. You're going to constantly wake up the machine
> due to broadcast packets, and spend a lot of power just going in and out of
> S3.
Yep... for the first version, I'll be very happy if it autosleeps when
I'm traveling by bus or something. Working with ethernet plugged in is
quite a distant goal.
(But I guess some cleverness could be done on the router or
something. Automagically converting "interesting" packets into WoL
enabled ones, or...?)
Pavel
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