#7879 NORM 8.2.0 (: Wifi chip should power down when lid is closed and mesh is off

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#7879: Wifi chip should power down when lid is closed and mesh is off
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 Reporter:  gnu            |         Owner:  cjb                 
     Type:  defect         |        Status:  new                 
 Priority:  normal         |     Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
Component:  not assigned   |       Version:  not specified       
 Keywords:  blocks?:8.2.0  |   Next_action:  never set           
 Verified:  0              |     Blockedby:  5144, 6995, 7690    
 Blocking:                 |  
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 The laptop only lasts about 8 hours with the lid closed, because the mesh
 chip burns so much power.  But if the user has turned off the mesh, there
 is no reason to keep the chip powered on when the laptop is closed (the
 laptop won't be forwarding packets for anyone else -- nor for itself).

 Suspending by closing the lid should power down the chip when the mesh is
 off.  This would make a lid-closed laptop last much longer (days,
 probably).

 We never did this before, because there was no GUI for turning the mesh
 off and on.  Now there is (see the blocked-by tickets).

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7879>
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