Re: Network drivers that don't suspend on interface down

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sat Dec 23 2006 - 04:38:29 EST


Hi!

> > about your driver list;
> > do you have an idea of what the top 5 relevant ones would be?
> > I'd be surprised if the top 5 together had less than 95% market share,
> > so if we fix those we'd be mostly done already.
>
> In terms of what I've seen on vaguely modern hardware, I'd guess at
> e1000 and sky2 as the top ones. b44 is still common in cheaper hardware,

e1000 already powersaves when cable is not plugged in. Difference is
~0.5W, IIRC.
Pavel
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