Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: gigabit ethernet power consumption | Date | Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:58:46 +0200 |
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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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