From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: tsuraan <tsuraan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sony-laptop platform driver
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:59:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090911215958.GA30989@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84fb38e30909110812r23ed0db0y80ae17178395694e@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:12:32AM -0500, tsuraan wrote:
> The current mainline sony-laptop platform driver is missing some
> crucial features from Eva's driver
> (http://www.basyskom.org/~eva/log_installation_vaio_z21vnx.html),
> especially the ability to shut off the embedded nvidia card in laptops
> with hybrid graphics. Simply disabling the nvidia card using Eva's
> driver brings my laptop's power consumption from 18W to 12W, which is
> a pretty huge leap in battery life.
The interface used for that isn't sony-specific, so sony-laptop is the
wrong place to put it. I've just submitted a patch to the nouveau
developers.
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-11 22:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-11 15:12 sony-laptop platform driver tsuraan
2009-09-11 21:59 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2009-09-12 3:14 ` tsuraan
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