Isn't Wifi supposed to be off by default?

[Andy Green]

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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
| jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:
|> startup scripts, can we pass the kernel a parameter via Qi, saying
|> that "I understand that I hereby give up the chance to use WLAN until
|> next reboot, but I want to save the very last drop of power", e.g.,
|
| There's no need for this. If you build it as a module, it will quietly
| await user space's call before consuming even a picojoule of precious
| energy.

I agree there's no need for it, but is it true it won't consume anything
at all when uninitialized?  It's still hooked up to 1.8V and 3.3V with
no real off switch, so it will consume the odd picojoule or hundred or
more entirely at the whim of the firmware.

- -Andy
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