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SubjectRe: gigabit ethernet power consumption
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Am Dienstag 09 Oktober 2007 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> Question is, how to implement it correctly? Daemon that would watch
> data rates and switch speeds using mii-tool would be simple, but is
> that enough?

Do you only want to affect true ethernet devices this way? It seems
to me that the savings for wireless devices could be larger and we don't
want a separate mechanism for each type of network device. So I think
you need to tell the kernel why you want to reduce the link speed.

Regards
Oliver

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