Why not make bringing up the network interface also disable power management, in the same way as an open fd. It is after all "open" in a similar sense...
Justin On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 11:18, Wolfgang Wershofen wrote: > Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2002 at 10:13 Holger Waechtler wrote: > > (...) > > > The bad thing is that you explicitly have to disable power management > > for networking over DVB (or run an application all the time which > > processes frontend events;) > > Does this mean, you'll have to tune the card new every time, the card is > revived. Or the other way round: does tuning e.g. with dvbtune wake up > the card? > > I run my budget-card only for sat-networking purposes in a router. At > the moment I tune the card right after booting to the desired freq, set > up the network interface and I'm done with that. If I were to use power > management in that router (which I do not at the moment), would I have > to tune the card every time, a connection to the internet is requested > to make shure, the card is awake and has the right frequency? > What happens to the network-interface, when the card is powered down? > Do I have to re-ifconfig this? This would add some additional seconds > during connection, which is a disadvantage for dial-on-demand systems. > > So I think, one has to decide between dial-on-demand and power > management, when you apply the suggested changes. That's no problem for > me but may be for others. Wouldn't it be possible to introduce some kind > of driver option, with which the user can enable or disable power > management according to his/her needs? > > -- > Best regards > Wolfgang Wershofen mailto:wolfgang@;wershofen.com > > > > -- > Info: > To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as >subject. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
