Re: [RFC] Runtime power management on ipw2100

Amit Kucheria
2007-01-31T13:24:36Z

On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 14:04 +0100, ext Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2007-01-31 13:53:20, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> >
> > Yes. Low power states without ability to respond to wakeup interrupts
> > would be broken behaviour generally.
>
> Do you realy expect wifi to save significant ammount of power, while
> still listening for packets on wireless network?
> Pavel

>From N800 specs (not meant as a shameless plug):

Continuous WLAN browsing: upto 3.5 hrs
Always Online WLAN (idle but respond to VoIP calls): upto 2 days
Standby time(no WLAN): upto 12 days

So with the right hardware, yes, you can listen and still save power.

Regards,
Amit