Re: Power-Management

[Jeroen Dekkers <jeroen@dekkers.ch>]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:00:42 +0200,
Marc Haber wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 09:35:45AM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:
> > > I was just Wondering if you have any considerations for issuing an
> > > update or designing lets say Debian 10 with Power Management for
> > > laptops in mind.
> > 
> > Such modifications are typically (and best) made in a distribution-
> > agnostic manner, rather than being, say, Debian-specific. :)
> > 
> > However, may I take this opportunity to promote Jonathan Carter aka
> > highvoltage's "Debian Package of the Day" video series? As it
> > happens, yesterday's package was "powertop":
> > 
> >   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3M_g3C15R4
> 
> Power Management is a general big issue in Linux on Laptops. I have also
> made the experience that Windows achives vastly better battery run times
> than any Linux I have ever encountered, even if powertop doesn't have
> anything to complain.
> 
> Alas, I don't have the slightest idea why, maybe somebody can shed a
> light on that.

This post of Matthew Garrett explains the challenges of getting power
management to work correctly on Skylake:

https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41713.html

Kind regards,

Jeroen Dekkers