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[Mario <mario.tux@xxxxxxxxx>]

Norbert Preining wrote:
> bluetooth, wifi, wwan you can disable with rfkill switches (nice GUI is
> unfortunately missing, I have written my own in perl/tk and a setuid c
> program).
> 
> firewire just unload the module

I'm wondering if unloading the module is equivalent to zero power usage
by this device.

> optic DVD unit: it should be possible to throw some code at the ACPI
> functions to turn it off and on the same way as with wwan/wifi/bt, but
> nobody has found the right incantations till now.

I hope this code will be found soon. It would be interesting to see the
difference.

Mario