[Bug 17213] Re: acpi - Option to disable CD/DVD drive for power saving

[madbiologist]

The upstream Linux 3.9 kernel finally contains ZPODD, the Zero-Power
Optical Device Driver.  It's only for SATA optical disk drives though.
A PPA of this kernel is available at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-
ppa/mainline/ and instructions on how to install and uninstall it are
available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds

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Title:
  acpi - Option to disable CD/DVD drive for power saving

Status in “acpi-support” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  It's probably possible to disable the dvd drive when the user does not need it.
  It should save some power.

  It'd be useful for http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerSavingMode

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