Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:09:36 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: mojo fms <fbsdlilly@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: acpi HD spin down and CPU sleep Message-ID: <b79ecaef0906030109m12b73342r1e4270632457f627@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90906022233m6834bb6fudbfb85d6841b1b8d@mail.gmail.com> References: <f151ba00906022217t704917fn1a9ccae8770ae774@mail.gmail.com> <ade45ae90906022233m6834bb6fudbfb85d6841b1b8d@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/6/3 Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:17 PM, mojo fms <fbsdlilly@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How would I configure freebsd 7.1 (7.2 upgrade in the future) to sleep t= he >> HD's and maybe sleep the CPU after an idle time out? =A0I am trying to s= ave >> power and I would like it to wake on network requests and HD needs. =A0I= read >> the handbook and looked at the acpiconf man page and such but I have not >> seen anything about doing this really. >> >> Thanks >> > > ataidle in ports for the HDD > > powerd in base for the CPU (if the CPU supports it) Or, for hard drives, I have in my rc.local /sbin/atacontrol spindown ad1 3600 from base system. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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