[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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