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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
To: Shawn Starr <shawn.starr-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel-+ZI9xUNit7I@public.gmane.org>,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.12-rc2][suspend] Suspending Thinkpad: drive bay light in S3 mode stays on
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:14:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1113250492.10110.54.camel@tyrosine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050411200341.39635.qmail-4fJJQiRtypeB9c0Qi4KiSl5cfvJIxWXgQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 16:03 -0400, Shawn Starr wrote:
> I notice in Linux and in XP the drive bay light
> remains on while the laptop is in suspend-to-RAM. I
> know the ACPI  thinkpad extras added to the kernel
> recently can turn this off. I wonder if we can/or need
> to write hooks to turn the light off so to conserve
> power when we're in S3

Just disable it in your suspend script. There's no reason to push that
sort of policy into the kernel.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-04-11 20:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-11 20:03 [2.6.12-rc2][suspend] Suspending Thinkpad: drive bay light in S3 mode stays on Shawn Starr
     [not found] ` <20050411200341.39635.qmail-4fJJQiRtypeB9c0Qi4KiSl5cfvJIxWXgQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-11 20:08   ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 20:14   ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
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2005-04-11 20:17 Shawn Starr
     [not found] ` <20050411201741.73077.qmail-U/uKf82u23SB9c0Qi4KiSl5cfvJIxWXgQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2005-04-11 20:32   ` Matthew Garrett

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