Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>
> >> I committed a new Ultrabook IIi power management driver.  Mostly its
> >> just the power button and lid switch right now.  I can add support for
> >> batteries, etc.  But before I go spin a bunch of cycles adding that,
> >> does _anyone_ else out there have one of these bad boys?
>
> Welcome to the wonderful world of SPARC laptop hardware support ;)
>
> >> I don't want to burn time writing code that nobody will ever use. 
> (I wanted the
> >> power button and lidswitch.  Battery is less of a personal issue
> for me,
> >> since I don't run mine disconnected much.)
>
> I guess they have some sort of CPU power saving hardware? Might be
> worth to put that into the idle loop, letting it cool down when idle
> might be a good idea even if you don't run on batteries.

As far as I can tell, Ultrabook IIi does _not_ have that.  Other newer
platforms probably do.

    -- Garrett

>
> have fun
> Michael
>
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