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* USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 using > 5 W
@ 2024-08-21 21:32 Paul Menzel
  2024-08-21 23:31 ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paul Menzel @ 2024-08-21 21:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-usb, linux-pm; +Cc: linux-kernel, Mathias Nyman

Dear Linux folks,


On the Intel Kaby Lake laptop Dell XPS 13 9360 with Debian sid/unstable 
and *powertop* 2.15-3, connecting a USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 or LMP 
USB-C mini Dock (P/N 15954) [1] and connecting only an Ethernet cable 
(module r8152 is used), the adapter gets very hot, and according to 
PowerTOP it uses over 5 Watts – almost more as the laptop idling.

     $ lsusb
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:e300 Qualcomm Atheros Communications 
QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0
     Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:2234 Elan Microelectronics Corp. 
Touchscreen
     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:670c Microdia Integrated Webcam HD
     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2109:2820 VIA Labs, Inc. VL820 Hub
     Bus 003 Device 003: ID 06c4:c412 Bizlink International Corp. DELL DA300
     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2109:0820 VIA Labs, Inc. VL820 Hub
     Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

With `LANG= sudo powertop --auto-tune` it stays high.

PowerTOP:

```
The battery reports a discharge rate of 6.01 W
The energy consumed was 146 J
The estimated remaining time is 3 hours, 51 minutes

Summary: 384.6 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and 
8.5% CPU use

Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
   5.94 W      0.0%                      Device         Display backlight
   5.23 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: USB 
Optical Mouse (Logitech)
   4.62 W     66.1%                      Device         USB device: USB 
10/100/1000 LAN (Realtek)
   205 mW    100.0%                      Device         USB device: 
Fujitsu Keyboard (Fujitsu)
  14.1 mW     13.5 ms/s       0.9        kWork intel_atomic_commit_work
```

At another time:

```
The battery reports a discharge rate of 10.5 W
The energy consumed was 235 J
The estimated remaining time is 2 hours, 20 minutes

Summary: 395.8 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and 
23.8% CPU use

Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
   7.13 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: USB 
10/100/1000 LAN (Realtek)
   3.92 W     15.8%                      Device         Display backlight
   320 mW      0.0 us/s      0.00        Process        [PID 1349] 
/usr/bin/pipewire
  63.6 mW     65.4 ms/s       0.5        Process        [PID 4982] 
/usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird
  24.9 mW     25.6 ms/s       6.7        Process        [PID 37753] 
/usr/lib/firefox-nightly/firefox-bin -contentproc -isForBrowser 
-prefsLen 36793 -prefMapSize 265654 -jsInitLe
  14.7 mW     15.1 ms/s       0.5        kWork 
intel_atomic_commit_work
```

The heat of the USB-C adapter might suggest, that it draws that much 
power. What is your experience? Can you suggest something?


Kind regards,

Paul


[1]: 
https://lmp-adapter.com/product/lmp-usb-c-mini-dock/?attribute_pa_color=silver
      "LMP USB-C mini Dock (P/N 15954)"

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* Re: USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 using > 5 W
  2024-08-21 21:32 USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 using > 5 W Paul Menzel
@ 2024-08-21 23:31 ` Greg KH
  2024-08-22  7:06   ` Paul Menzel
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2024-08-21 23:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Menzel; +Cc: linux-usb, linux-pm, linux-kernel, Mathias Nyman

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 11:32:04PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Linux folks,
> 
> 
> On the Intel Kaby Lake laptop Dell XPS 13 9360 with Debian sid/unstable and
> *powertop* 2.15-3, connecting a USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 or LMP USB-C
> mini Dock (P/N 15954) [1] and connecting only an Ethernet cable (module
> r8152 is used), the adapter gets very hot, and according to PowerTOP it uses
> over 5 Watts – almost more as the laptop idling.
> 
>     $ lsusb
>     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:e300 Qualcomm Atheros Communications QCA61x4
> Bluetooth 4.0
>     Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:2234 Elan Microelectronics Corp. Touchscreen
>     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:670c Microdia Integrated Webcam HD
>     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2109:2820 VIA Labs, Inc. VL820 Hub
>     Bus 003 Device 003: ID 06c4:c412 Bizlink International Corp. DELL DA300
>     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>     Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2109:0820 VIA Labs, Inc. VL820 Hub
>     Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153
> Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
> 
> With `LANG= sudo powertop --auto-tune` it stays high.
> 
> PowerTOP:
> 
> ```
> The battery reports a discharge rate of 6.01 W
> The energy consumed was 146 J
> The estimated remaining time is 3 hours, 51 minutes
> 
> Summary: 384.6 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and
> 8.5% CPU use
> 
> Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
>   5.94 W      0.0%                      Device         Display backlight
>   5.23 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: USB
> Optical Mouse (Logitech)
>   4.62 W     66.1%                      Device         USB device: USB
> 10/100/1000 LAN (Realtek)
>   205 mW    100.0%                      Device         USB device: Fujitsu
> Keyboard (Fujitsu)
>  14.1 mW     13.5 ms/s       0.9        kWork intel_atomic_commit_work
> ```
> 
> At another time:
> 
> ```
> The battery reports a discharge rate of 10.5 W
> The energy consumed was 235 J
> The estimated remaining time is 2 hours, 20 minutes
> 
> Summary: 395.8 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and
> 23.8% CPU use
> 
> Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
>   7.13 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: USB
> 10/100/1000 LAN (Realtek)
>   3.92 W     15.8%                      Device         Display backlight
>   320 mW      0.0 us/s      0.00        Process        [PID 1349]
> /usr/bin/pipewire
>  63.6 mW     65.4 ms/s       0.5        Process        [PID 4982]
> /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird
>  24.9 mW     25.6 ms/s       6.7        Process        [PID 37753]
> /usr/lib/firefox-nightly/firefox-bin -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsLen
> 36793 -prefMapSize 265654 -jsInitLe
>  14.7 mW     15.1 ms/s       0.5        kWork intel_atomic_commit_work
> ```
> 
> The heat of the USB-C adapter might suggest, that it draws that much power.
> What is your experience? Can you suggest something?

Buy a different adapter?  That seems like something is really wrong with
it.  Does other devices also suck that much power from that port on the
laptop?

thanks,

greg k-h

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* Re: USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 using > 5 W
  2024-08-21 23:31 ` Greg KH
@ 2024-08-22  7:06   ` Paul Menzel
  2024-08-22  8:17     ` Rajaram R
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paul Menzel @ 2024-08-22  7:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg KH; +Cc: linux-usb, linux-pm, linux-kernel, Mathias Nyman

Dear Greg,


Thank you for your quick response.

Am 22.08.24 um 01:31 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 11:32:04PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:

>> On the Intel Kaby Lake laptop Dell XPS 13 9360 with Debian sid/unstable and
>> *powertop* 2.15-3, connecting a USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 or LMP USB-C
>> mini Dock (P/N 15954) [1] and connecting only an Ethernet cable (module
>> r8152 is used), the adapter gets very hot, and according to PowerTOP it uses
>> over 5 Watts – almost more as the laptop idling.
>>
>>      $ lsusb # Dell DA300
>>      Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>      Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:e300 Qualcomm Atheros Communications QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0
>>      Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:2234 Elan Microelectronics Corp. Touchscreen
>>      Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:670c Microdia Integrated Webcam HD
>>      Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>>      Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>      Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2109:2820 VIA Labs, Inc. VL820 Hub
>>      Bus 003 Device 003: ID 06c4:c412 Bizlink International Corp. DELL DA300
>>      Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>>      Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2109:0820 VIA Labs, Inc. VL820 Hub
>>      Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
>>
>> With `LANG= sudo powertop --auto-tune` it stays high.
>>
>> PowerTOP:
>>
>> ```
>> The battery reports a discharge rate of 6.01 W
>> The energy consumed was 146 J
>> The estimated remaining time is 3 hours, 51 minutes
>>
>> Summary: 384.6 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and
>> 8.5% CPU use
>>
>> Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
>>    5.94 W      0.0%                      Device         Display backlight
>>    5.23 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: USB Optical Mouse (Logitech)
>>    4.62 W     66.1%                      Device         USB device: USB 10/100/1000 LAN (Realtek)
>>    205 mW    100.0%                      Device         USB device: Fujitsu Keyboard (Fujitsu)
>>   14.1 mW     13.5 ms/s       0.9        kWork intel_atomic_commit_work
>> ```
>>
>> At another time:
>>
>> ```
>> The battery reports a discharge rate of 10.5 W
>> The energy consumed was 235 J
>> The estimated remaining time is 2 hours, 20 minutes
>>
>> Summary: 395.8 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and 23.8% CPU use
>>
>> Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
>>    7.13 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: USB 10/100/1000 LAN (Realtek)
>>    3.92 W     15.8%                      Device         Display backlight
>>    320 mW      0.0 us/s      0.00        Process        [PID 1349] /usr/bin/pipewire
>>   63.6 mW     65.4 ms/s       0.5        Process        [PID 4982] /usr/lib/thunderbird/thunderbird
>>   24.9 mW     25.6 ms/s       6.7        Process        [PID 37753] /usr/lib/firefox-nightly/firefox-bin -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsLen 36793 -prefMapSize 265654 -jsInitLe
>>   14.7 mW     15.1 ms/s       0.5        kWork intel_atomic_commit_work
>> ```
>>
>> The heat of the USB-C adapter might suggest, that it draws that much power.
>> What is your experience? Can you suggest something?
> 
> Buy a different adapter?  That seems like something is really wrong with
> it.  Does other devices also suck that much power from that port on the
> laptop?

It happens with two Dell DA300 adapters and two LMP USB-C mini Dock (P/N 
15954, 12-22 Rev. 3):

     $ lsusb # LMP USB-C
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0cf3:e300 Qualcomm Atheros Communications 
QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0
     Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f3:2234 Elan Microelectronics Corp. 
Touchscreen
     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:670c Microdia Integrated Webcam HD
     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2109:2817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
     Bus 003 Device 003: ID 2109:2817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB2.0 Hub
     Bus 003 Device 005: ID 2109:8817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB Billboard Device
     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 004 Device 002: ID 2109:0817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub
     Bus 004 Device 003: ID 2109:0817 VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub
     Bus 004 Device 004: ID 058f:8468 Alcor Micro Corp. Mass Storage Device
     Bus 004 Device 005: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Both use a Realtek RTL8153 Ethernet adapter.

### LMP device

With *no* auto-tuning:

```
 >> Bad           VM writeback timeout 

    Bad           NMI watchdog should be turned off
    Bad           Autosuspend for USB device USB Billboard Device 
[VIA Labs, Inc.         ]
    Bad           Autosuspend for USB device Mass Storage Device [Generic]
    Bad           Autosuspend for USB device Touchscreen [ELAN]
    Bad           Autosuspend for USB device USB 10/100/1000 LAN [Realtek]
    Bad           Runtime PM for PCI Device SK hynix PC300 NVMe Solid 
State Drive 512GB
    Bad           Runtime PM for disk sda
    Bad           Runtime PM for disk sdb
    Bad           Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Sunrise 
Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1
    Bad           Runtime PM for PCI Device Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 
802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    Bad           Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation DSL6340 
Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Alpine Ridge 2C 2015]
    Bad           Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation Sunrise 
Point-LP LPC Controller
    Bad           Runtime PM for PCI Device Intel Corporation DSL6340 
Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Alpine Ridge 2C 2015]
```

```
The battery reports a discharge rate of 8.89 W
The energy consumed was 243 J
The estimated remaining time is 0 hours, 42 minutes

Summary: 572.3 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and 
54.8% CPU use

Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
   6.00 W      5.9%                      Device         Display backlight
   2.33 W    100.0%                      Device         USB device: USB 
Billboard Device    (VIA Labs, Inc.         )
```

After `powertop --auto-tune`:

```
The battery reports a discharge rate of 8.58 W
The energy consumed was 213 J
The estimated remaining time is 0 hours, 39 minutes

Summary: 509.3 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and 
34.3% CPU use

Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
   8.23 W      5.9%                      Device         Display backlight
   6.21 W     7938 pkts/s                Device         Network 
interface: enx00e04ceabb21 (r8152)
```

But it also shows:

```
The battery reports a discharge rate of 9.54 W
The energy consumed was 189 J
The estimated remaining time is 0 hours, 33 minutes

Summary: 509.0 wakeups/second,  0.0 GPU ops/seconds, 0.0 VFS ops/sec and 
44.0% CPU use

Power est.              Usage       Events/s    Category       Description
   7.39 W      5.9%                      Device         Display backlight
   776 mW    12391 pkts/s                Device         Network 
interface: enx00e04ceabb21 (r8152)
   210 mW    357.9 ms/s       0.4        kWork 
intel_atomic_commit_work
```

So measuring energy consumption, and attributing it to devices, also 
seems to be hard and sometimes unreliable.

Therefore, I’d be interested, it what numbers to expect, and also, if 
the developers have other methods and tools for measuring this.



Kind regards,

Paul

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* Re: USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 using > 5 W
  2024-08-22  7:06   ` Paul Menzel
@ 2024-08-22  8:17     ` Rajaram R
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Rajaram R @ 2024-08-22  8:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Menzel; +Cc: Greg KH, linux-usb, linux-pm, linux-kernel, Mathias Nyman

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 12:36 PM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> wrote:
>
> Dear Greg,
>
>
> Thank you for your quick response.
>
> Am 22.08.24 um 01:31 schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 11:32:04PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
>
> >> On the Intel Kaby Lake laptop Dell XPS 13 9360 with Debian sid/unstable and
> >> *powertop* 2.15-3, connecting a USB-C adapter like Dell DA300 or LMP USB-C
> >> The heat of the USB-C adapter might suggest, that it draws that much power.
> >> What is your experience? Can you suggest something?
> >
> > Buy a different adapter?  That seems like something is really wrong with
> > it.  Does other devices also suck that much power from that port on the
> > laptop?
>
> It happens with two Dell DA300 adapters and two LMP USB-C mini Dock (P/N
> 15954, 12-22 Rev. 3):

 Is this behaviour only when the ethernet is active ? Could you please
share the behaviour with no ethernet connection ?

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