Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:16:03 +0100 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, james@nighthack.org Subject: Re: eeePC 900 && turning off wireless (ath0) Message-ID: <20080626231603.GC6875@phi.local> In-Reply-To: <20080626075545.GA2964@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20080626075545.GA2964@rebelion.Sisis.de>
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 09:55:45AM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Hello, > > Yesterday I did some tests with my eeePC 900 to see how long it would > work with the 4400 mAh battery ... it seems that turning of the wireless > card (ath0), which can be turned of from the BIOS, has big effect and > let work the eeePC for more then 2hours 15minutes; > > in the Xandros Linux you can turn off the NIC as well with Fn+F2 which > in FreeBSD does not work at boot stage, i.e. when you may defer the > booting in the boot loader countdown; Yes, this only works after booting. At least on the 701. > is there any way to switch this off without going into the BIOS? After booting you can unload ath module and press Fn+F2. It should turn off wireless. The problem is that you can't turn it back on. For that, we need PCIe hotplug support. (That's what Fn+F2 does, it ejects the wireless card). Regards, -- Rui Paulo
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