On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 14:35 +0100, ext Frantisek Dufka wrote: > Igor Stoppa wrote: > > No, the power management _is_ open source, since it's basically all in > > the kernel. What is not included in the kernel is just the > > inactivity_timeout_expired => blank screen > > action, and nothing else. > > This is not strictly related but I consider brightness control as a > power management too and this is also handled by closed parts and cannot > be easily avoided. > > See also https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=375 - 1 year > anniversary few days ago :-) > > I wish dsme would not insist on fixing brigtness every few seconds for > me. Just tried to include it in bootmenu to reduce power requirements > while the device boots (it is set on max for many seconds) or when > sitting in the menu, but even so early in the boot dsme maxes it out for > me few seconds later. > > Yes there is hacked kernel for this so it is possible to avoid but I > wish this was not needed. > > Also I would suggest to select different value than maximum when system > boots for better power saving. Power saving is not so important when the _energy_ wasted is so little and for an event which is supposed to happen very seldom (you don't turn off your device, don't you?). -- Cheers, Igor Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa at nokia.com> (Nokia M - OSSO /Helsinki Finland)
