Re: Changes to sysfs PM layer break userspace

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Tue Dec 19 2006 - 14:45:08 EST


On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 08:34:48PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> which userspace is using this btw?

Ubuntu uses it to disable wireless hardware under certain circumstances.
I believe that Suse's powernowd uses it to power down wired ethernet
hardware when it's not in use.

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