Chapter 10. Power Management
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
The WDM model is ideal for enumerating and arbitrating discovered hardware. Additionally, the model supports the frugal management of power to those devices.
Devices that consume power only when used are hardly a new concept. After all, household appliances normally remain off until used. Yet within legacy computers, every device consumes power even during significant idle periods. The fact that a device might be burning just a few watts or less encourages the thought that the waste is unworthy of concern.
The need to manage power to installed devices is obvious in mobile and portable environments where the source of energy ...
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