Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nvidia-prime into focal-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-
prime/0.8.16~0.20.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.

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** Changed in: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-focal

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1946476

Title:
  New on-demand default causes RTD3 never to be enabled

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-prime package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-prime source package in Focal:
  Fix Committed
Status in nvidia-prime source package in Hirsute:
  Incomplete
Status in nvidia-prime source package in Impish:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  As per LP: #1942307 we now set on-demand as the default. This however,
  causes "prime-select on-demand", called by ubuntu-drivers, not to even
  try to detect RTD3 and to enable it, since "on-demand" is already set.

  We cannot make informed choices about RTD3 in the postinstallation
  script of nvidia-prime, therefore we should simply drop the check that
  prime-select makes to abort if the new profile is determined to be the
  same as the current profile.

  ---

  [Impact]

   * Ubuntu will set GPU mode to performance as default which may use more power
   * User can't use GPU for other purpose (eg: deep-learning) if RTD3 is not 
supported
   * According to Nvidia README, the RTD3 doesn't support on non-laptop machine

  [Test Plan]

   * Install Ubuntu, and then execute 'ubuntu-drivers install' to install GPU 
driver. After the installation, reboot the system. Execute "prime-select query" 
should get "on-demand"
   * Old GPU (which supported by nvidia-390 only) will keep in performance 
mode, refer LP:1957094. Execute "prime-select query" should get "nvidia"
   * On non-laptop machine. Can set GPU mode to on-demand
   * On laptop with GPU in runtime PM support list. Set GPU mode to on-demand 
and Nvidia driver is loaded with "NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x02"

  [Where problems could occur]

   * With GPU supported RTD3 not able enable runtime PM on non-laptop.
  But based on the Nvidia README, this case shall not happened.

  [Other Info]

  Changelogs:

  nvidia-prime (0.8.16~0.20.04.2) focal; urgency=medium

    [ Jeremy Szu ]
    * Set on-demand mode as default nvidia mode (LP: #1942307)

    [ Alberto Milone ]
    * prime-select:
      - Detect chassis type and enable RTD3 only
        on laptops (LP: #1942788).
      - on-demand mode doesn't need to depend on
        RTD3 (LP: #1942789).
      - Use bootvga detection when last_gfx_boot
        is not available.
      - Don't check the current profile when setting
        a profile (LP: #1946476).
      - Handle BrokenPipeError (LP: #1965520).

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