[laptop-mode] AC vs. Battery snd_hda_intel powersave

Alberto Gonzalez info at gnebu.es
Sun Mar 29 19:32:17 CEST 2009


On Sunday 29 March 2009 19:26:18 Bart Samwel wrote:
> Alberto Gonzalez wrote:
> > not the point here. The point is that I'd like to enable powersave mode
> > while on battery, but disable it while on AC power. But the file to
> > configure this says that enabling powersave mode does not hurt, so they
> > don't give an option for battery and AC. In my case, it does hurt a bit,
> > and I guess there will always be others with some similar problem. So my
> > request is: could this feature be implemented? It's just natural to have
> > the option in the same way as with all other settings.
>
> Yes, that feature is on the wish list and it will be implemented in the
> next release. At first we thought there was no downside to the power
> saving mode, so it was natural to enable the power saving mode always.
> Now that we know there's audible clicks, we'll implement the switch!

That sounds great, thank you very much for the update.

Regards,
Alberto.

> Cheers,
> Bart



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