Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-08-01 Thread David Brownell
On Monday 31 July 2006 9:17 am, Stephen Hemminger wrote: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:59:52 -0400 (EDT) Alan Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend

Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-08-01 Thread Lennert Buytenhek
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:17:28AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend their devices (if possible) whenever: (1) The interface is

Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-08-01 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:29:41 -0700 David Brownell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 31 July 2006 9:17 am, Stephen Hemminger wrote: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:59:52 -0400 (EDT) Alan Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was

Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-07-31 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:59:52 -0400 (EDT) Alan Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend their devices (if possible) whenever: (1) The interface is

Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-07-31 Thread Auke Kok
Randy.Dunlap wrote: On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:20:06 -0700 Auke Kok wrote: Alan Stern wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend their devices (if possible) whenever: (1) The

Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-07-30 Thread Randy.Dunlap
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:20:06 -0700 Auke Kok wrote: Alan Stern wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend their devices (if possible) whenever: (1) The interface is

Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-07-25 Thread Alan Stern
During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend their devices (if possible) whenever: (1) The interface is ifconfig'ed down, or (2) No link is available. Presumably (1) should be easy

Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-07-25 Thread Auke Kok
Alan Stern wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend their devices (if possible) whenever: (1) The interface is ifconfig'ed down, or (2) No link is available. Presumably

Re: Runtime power management for network interfaces

2006-07-25 Thread David Brownell
On Tuesday 25 July 2006 8:59 am, Alan Stern wrote: During a Power Management session at the Ottawa Linux Symposium, it was generally agreed that network interface drivers ought to automatically suspend their devices (if possible) whenever: (1) The interface is ifconfig'ed down, or