Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:35:25 +0200 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: Power management (was Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel) |
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On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 01:05:53PM +0200, Werner Almesberger wrote: > Let me briefly introduce that design. The goal is to provide useful > power management for devices like battery-powered palmtop computers, > like the Psion S5, Geofox One, or eventually WinCE machines.
> - each device has an idle timer associated with it. Whenever the device > does something "interesting", it resets the idle time. When the device > reaches its idle time, it is switched off.
Is there a mechanism for allowing a device to power itself back on when it receives an interrupt? This would be interesting for mobile phones, I imagine.
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