[Ipodlinux-devel] Power management in the future?

[Yun Z. <sr...@mo...>]

First off, I would like to say excellent work to all the developers involved 
in this amazing project. However, I have thought of something that has not 
been addressed very much (maybe a few entries on the forums, sorry, am sorta 
new here)

What I am thinking of is power management. For a Linux operating system to be 
of any use on an iPod, it must be kept in mind that the battery capacity is 
extremely limited, and it would only last 20-30 minutes if not plugged in 
becuase the HD is always spinning. The Apple firmware keeps the HD spinning 
for maybe a minute every hour while playing music, lowering the power 
consumption a lot.

Perhaps it is possible to load the operating system on a ramdisk, and 
mount/unmount the hard disk only when necessary? Are there any plans to 
include such a feature in the future?

Thanks in advance, and sorry for interrupting if this is something that 
already has been addressed.