Subject: Re: Thinkpad T42 Power Management
To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
From: George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/03/2006 10:38:45
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:29:21 +0000
Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net> wrote:

  
> 
> I know our ACPI support isn't great but you can already do intresting
> things with it:
> % envstat
> -r                                                                [~]
> 
> ls /etc/powerd/scripts/
> [~] acadapter*      lid_switch*     power_button*   reset_button*
> sleep_button*
> 


Hey Rui, I don't mean to say you can't do nothing: but do any of those
provide the speed-step behaviour which gets me 600Mhz on my IBM X31
when on battery, and 1600Mhz when I go on AC? 

Because I've been led to believe that one doesn't work under ACPI.

-George