power management experiences with joyride-1572

[Chas. Owens]

On Jan 23, 2008 2:47 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
>
> > Yes, the resume operation is triggered by user input, or a wireless
> > packet addressed to the host (or some battery-related events).  It
> > can't be triggered by anything in software unless that's organized
> > ahead of time; the CPU is turned off completely in the suspend mode.
>
> What does "organized ahead of time" mean?
>
> Can I wake up 10 seconds from now?  Is there a timer in any of the hardware
> that is left running?
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On most hardware, yes.  It is more of a clock than a timer.  You can
preset a specific time to wake-up the machine (say 0900 when you are
showing up at work).  I can't say for certain that the XO-1 has this
ability though.