From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Steevven1 <steevven1@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug Report for Linux Kernel 3.x
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:58:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110824035800.GA30312@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFWT=833UrQ0irJfL5z=6R97+wd4ewW9Cd88maeXhZ_95aMhsw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 07:19:35PM -0400, Steevven1 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to report what myself and several others believe to be a
> serious bug affecting all Linux kernels 3.0 and up, and none below 3.0
> (2.6.x and lower).
>
> One-sentence description: On certain hardware, the 3.x series kernels
> drain a considerable amount more power than the 2.6-series kernels, up
> to 40% more, even when idle.
>
> The specific hardware I have personally tested is a Lenovo ThinkPad
> X220 with an Intel SandyBridge i7 2620M processor.
Sounds like https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727579
Try booting with i915.i915_enable_rc6=1
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-24 3:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-23 23:19 Bug Report for Linux Kernel 3.x Steevven1
2011-08-24 0:11 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-08-24 0:21 ` Steevven1
2011-08-24 13:58 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-08-24 15:08 ` Arjan van de Ven
2011-08-24 15:52 ` Anca Emanuel
2011-08-24 16:44 ` Steevven1
2011-08-24 16:46 ` Arjan van de Ven
2011-08-26 6:37 ` Steevven1
2011-08-24 3:58 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2011-08-24 4:00 ` Steevven1
2011-08-24 13:25 ` Jeff Chua
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