RE: auto shutdown PCMCIA if idling
On 21-Mar-2000 Benjamin F. Zhou wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know pcmcia services consume a lot of energy, (the cards are always hot).
> So I
> want to write and run a script as batch to shut them down after idling for a
> certain period of time.
>
> Can anyone tell me where I can find such knowledge?
>
place a hook in /etc/apm.d. Thr problem lies in what to do to the cards. Many
cardbus cards when suspended will lock the system upon being woke up. It may
be better to do a cardctl eject / insert. Just watch out for mounted
filesystems and what not.
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