[Testing] Final review for Power Management Requirements, Trial-2
Chris Ball
cjb at laptop.org
Thu Jul 19 12:28:17 EDT 2007
Hi,
>> By the way -- since we have the suspend button now, maybe closing
>> the lid should turn wireless off as well. On the rare case where
>> the laptop is being used as a mesh relay, the student probably has
>> to know that and has been instructed to leave his laptop open with
>> antennas adjusted and hit the suspend button. That would save a
>> lot of power!!
> If we can't get the power consumption down on wireless mesh, we'll
> need to do this for sure. It's a good suggestion, in any case.
Hm. I thought every laptop was a mesh relay, though. Wouldn't all the
laptops but one fail to continue the mesh after school (assuming their
lid is closed before they leave school) in this scenario?
- Chris.
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Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org>
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