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Date:      Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:39:34 +0100
From:      Gregers Petersen <gp.ioa@cbs.dk>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Power-drain during suspend?
Message-ID:  <43EE5996.8070202@cbs.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20060211105438.GA17363@droopy.unibe.ch>
References:  <43ED0047.4030207@cbs.dk> <20060210230330.6907A45041@ptavv.es.net> <20060211105438.GA17363@droopy.unibe.ch>

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Tobias Roth wrote:

>>> Any suggestions about what else I could try out ?
>> Are you using radeontool and turning off both the DAC and the display
>> (assuming you have a Radeon video chip)? It saves a quite a bit of
>> power. Other than that, I'm not sure what to suggest.
>>
>> Sorry, but maybe someone else has a better idea. 
> 
Yes - I'm using Radeontool in the suggested way with both display & dac ..


> Wasn't there an issue with usb drivers not being able to properly
> shut down and put into powersave mode all connected devices? Has
> that been remedied?
> 
> If not you could try removing everything usb-related from your
> kernel, and making sure no usb modules are loaded and test again.
> 

The thing is that I'm in need of USB-related functions on a more or less 
daily basis, which makes it difficult to remove the relevant 
kernel-modules :-/

Gregers Petersen



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