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Date:      Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:21:07 -0800
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Igor Partola <ipartola@clarku.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Soundcard powerdown
Message-ID:  <41BDDD93.4020308@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <41BDD431.1010702@clarku.edu>
References:  <41BDD431.1010702@clarku.edu>

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Igor Partola wrote:
> Good time of day,
> 
> I found an interesting feature under the Windows installation on my 
> laptop. It seems that when there is no sound playing the soundcard is 
> shut off. I'm not sure how much power this would save but it is 
> interesting that this is possible. Maybe this could appear on a distant 
> wishlist.

That would need to be built into the sound card driver (or snd 
mid-layer).  All it would have to do is call pci_set_powerstate(dev, 
...D3) on attach and then set it to D0 before beginning playback.

-- 
Nate



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