Subject: Re: New ultrabook IIi power management driver committed...
To: Michael <macallan1888@gmail.com>
From: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@NetBSD.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/10/2006 20:14:37
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Michael wrote:

> > > 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.
> 
> Weird, so they used a bog-standard IIi it seems. The IIi manual doesn't
> mention any sleep mode or power saving stuff, not even a MS-II style external
> STANDBY signal.

You can always try to figure some way to use the shutdown instruction....


Eduardo