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Old 12-12-2009, 02:12 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
That hardware limitation is one of the main complaints about the iLiad, and a very valid one. Keep in mind though that it's essentially a 3+ year old device. At the time it was designed, advanced power management (hibernate, etc) didn't exist for Linux, so it's not surprising that it wasn't taken into account. The version of kernel it is running didn't get APM modes until later, and even then they're released as patches back ported from when the functionality was developed for newer kernels.

That's not meant as an excuse for the lack of functionality, but sometimes it's useful to understand why things happen.

Sorry, but Sony had readers out at about that time and they didn't seem to a have problem with power management. If I'm not mistaken, PRS-500 is also Linux based.
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