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 modules are mounted and when I issue the > commands above powertop shows a gradual decrease in wattage up to 11.1 > watts. can this be integrated in laptop-mode-tools? it would be nice if > laptop-mode-tools can automate this like unmount modules when not in use > for x seconds.
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. In it we can use a variety of things (but all surrounded to general-purpose- command-execution): * kill processes (example: nspluginviewer. It generates a lot of wakeups. But at the same time, it is the killer app for flash. So its mention should be explicit) * Your example of module unloads. Instead of creating a separate module, which would just do module unloads, I want a generic and flexible module to do things like these and many more (which might be specific to particular devices). Regards, Ritesh -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT - http://www.researchut.com "Necessity is the mother of invention." -- support unmounting wifi modules to reduce wattage https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515871 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
