Re: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: platform_profile: fix legacy sysfs with multiple handlers

[Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>]

Am 24.02.25 um 22:58 schrieb Antheas Kapenekakis:

> I will tell you that compared with other manufacturers, when asus says
> quiet, they mean quiet and not low power
>
> Z13's quiet mode is 40W, not very low-power if you ask me. Ally X uses
> 13w+boost, a source of many complaints. Other manufacturers use around
> 8W for low power modes.
>
> In any case, any rename might break user scripts and there are
> actually 3 types of low power profiles:
> PLATFORM_PROFILE_COOL
> PLATFORM_PROFILE_QUIET
> PLATFORM_PROFILE_LOW_POWER
>
> Then, there is also:
> PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE
>
> Some ACER laptops implement many of those
>
> Obscuring any of those is not ideal.
>
>
> Antheas
>
I see. Maybe extending userspace to support the new platform-profile class interface
could solve this issue without breaking already existing scripts.

However i do not know the amount of work which needs to be done to achieve this.

Thanks,
Armin Wolf