Re: [Bug 515871] [NEW] support unmounting wifi modules to reduce wattage

2010-02-02 Thread Bart Samwel
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 08:20, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > I think what we need here is a new module, something like exec_cmd. > > It definitely will not be a start/stop kind of thing. > Perhaps the start-stop-programs module can be extended to support in-line commands to be executed on state chan

Re: [Bug 515871] [NEW] support unmounting wifi modules to reduce wattage

2010-02-01 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
On Tuesday 02 Feb 2010 11:42:02 Severity1 wrote: > Public bug reported: > > Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools > > unmounting ath5k and mac80211 by issuing sudo rmmod ath5k and sudo rmmod > mac80211 reduces wattage consumption of laptop/netbooks. powertop shows > 12.9w consumption while these

[Bug 515871] [NEW] support unmounting wifi modules to reduce wattage

2010-02-01 Thread Severity1
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: laptop-mode-tools unmounting ath5k and mac80211 by issuing sudo rmmod ath5k and sudo rmmod mac80211 reduces wattage consumption of laptop/netbooks. powertop shows 12.9w consumption while these modules are mounted and when I issue the commands above powert