Re: Better or advised configuration approach for Optimus based systems

2011-11-22 Thread Adam Jackson
On 11/22/11 7:29 AM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > I have an Asus U36SD laptop, with Optimus technology. > I'm not sure if my current approach is the correct/more safe one. > I think more and more devices are going to have this technology, so > this could be a cue to address future F17 potential users

Re: Better or advised configuration approach for Optimus based systems

2011-11-22 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 11:18 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 13:29 +0100, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > > > >> What about i915_enable_rc6 not being the default...? Does still put > >> stability problems? Does it make sense to

Re: Better or advised configuration approach for Optimus based systems

2011-11-22 Thread Josh Boyer
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > On Tue Nov 22 16:18:01 UTC 2011 Josh Boyer wrote: >>>On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: >>> modinfo asserts: >>> >>> parm:           i915_enable_rc6:Enable power-saving render C-state 6 >>> (default: true) (int) >>> >

Re: Better or advised configuration approach for Optimus based systems

2011-11-22 Thread Gianluca Cecchi
On Tue Nov 22 16:18:01 UTC 2011 Josh Boyer wrote: >>On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: >> modinfo asserts: >> >> parm: i915_enable_rc6:Enable power-saving render C-state 6 >> (default: true) (int) >> >> are you sure it's *not* the default? > > Yes. Modinfo is lying

Re: Better or advised configuration approach for Optimus based systems

2011-11-22 Thread Josh Boyer
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 13:29 +0100, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > >> What about i915_enable_rc6 not being the default...? Does still put >> stability problems? Does it make sense to enable it or not by default >> based on different adapters/chip

Re: Better or advised configuration approach for Optimus based systems

2011-11-22 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 13:29 +0100, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > What about i915_enable_rc6 not being the default...? Does still put > stability problems? Does it make sense to enable it or not by default > based on different adapters/chipsets? > In my case it gives me about 1hour and a half of battery

Better or advised configuration approach for Optimus based systems

2011-11-22 Thread Gianluca Cecchi
Hello, I have an Asus U36SD laptop, with Optimus technology. I'm not sure if my current approach is the correct/more safe one. I think more and more devices are going to have this technology, so this could be a cue to address future F17 potential users problems At the moment I have F16 x86_64 on i