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Package: linux-image-5.10.0-6-amd64
Version: 5.10.28-1
Idle power consumption has increased by 25% from Debian 10.9 to Debian 11.
Possibly a kernel or driver/firmware issue.
Debian 11, updated
# uname -a
Linux mx1 5.10.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.28-1 (2021-04-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux
dpkg --list | grep linux-image
ii linux-image-5.10.0-6-amd64 5.10.28-1 amd64 Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
ii linux-image-amd64 5.10.28-1 amd64 Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
powertop --auto-tune was executed (tunables at good)
see below for C states output
dpkg --list | grep powertop
ii powertop 2.11-1 amd64 diagnose issues with power consumption and management
processor: Coffee Lake Intel Pentium G5400
One error in dmesg
dmesg: all i915 lines:
[ 2.153980] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] VT-d active for gfx access
[ 2.158236] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
[ 2.172255] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[ 2.174543] i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2)
[ 2.174551] i915 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin failed with error -2
[ 2.174553] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Failed to load DMC firmware i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin. Disabling runtime power management.
[ 2.515706] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] failed to retrieve link info, disabling eDP
[ 2.556098] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20200917 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[ 2.558481] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1f.3: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[ 2.608536] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 2.647236] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device
# lspci | grep -i VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 610]
kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin not found on disk
# find / -name kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_dmc_info
cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_dmc_info
fw loaded: no
path: i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin
[..]
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_params/dmc_firmware_path
cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_params/dmc_firmware_path
(null)
No GUI.
/usr/sbin/powertop
modprobe cpufreq_stats failedLoaded 0 prior measurements
RAPL device for cpu 0
RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f
RAPL device for cpu 0
RAPL Using PowerCap Sysfs : Domain Mask f
Devfreq not enabled
glob returned GLOB_ABORTED
PowerTOP v2.11 Overview Idle stats Frequency stats Device stats Tunables WakeUp
Pkg(HW) | Core(HW) | CPU(OS) 0 CPU(OS) 2
| | C0 active 0.1% 0.1%
| | POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
| | C1 0.0% 1.6 ms 0.1% 0.7 ms
C2 (pc2) 3.6% | |
C3 (pc3) 0.0% | C3 (cc3) 0.0% | C3 0.0% 0.2 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C6 (pc6) 0.0% | C6 (cc6) 0.0% | C6 0.0% 0.8 ms 0.0% 0.1 ms
C7 (pc7) 0.0% | C7 (cc7) 99.4% | C7s 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
C8 (pc8) 95.2% | | C8 0.3% 2.2 ms 0.3% 1.4 ms
C9 (pc9) 0.0% | | C9 0.0% 3.0 ms 0.1% 4.6 ms
C10 (pc10) 0.0% | |
| | C10 99.3% 129.0 ms 99.3% 122.4 ms
| | C1E 0.2% 3.6 ms 0.1% 1.2 ms
| Core(HW) | CPU(OS) 1 CPU(OS) 3
| | C0 active 0.1% 0.0%
| | POLL 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
| | C1 0.6% 0.3 ms 0.2% 0.2 ms
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| C3 (cc3) 0.0% | C3 0.0% 0.1 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
| C6 (cc6) 0.0% | C6 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
| C7 (cc7) 99.3% | C7s 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
| | C8 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 1.0 ms
| | C9 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
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| | C10 99.3% 159.2 ms 99.7% 220.5 ms
| | C1E 0.0% 0.0 ms 0.0% 0.0 ms
| GPU |
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| Powered On 0.0% |
| RC6 100.0% |
| RC6p 0.0% |
| RC6pp 0.0% |
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Power est. Usage Device name
0.0% I2C Adapter (i2c-1): i915 gmbus dpb
0.0% I2C Adapter (i2c-4): i915 gmbus dpd
0.0% I2C Adapter (i2c-2): i915 gmbus dpc
0.0% I2C Adapter (i2c-3): i915 gmbus misc
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