[ltp] T41p: APM & ATI fglrx

[Fabrice Bellet]

Hi!

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:05:10AM -0700, Charles Gillet wrote:
> 
> I thought that another reason to use fglrx was because it knew how to 
> throttle back the graphics chips so the cooling fan wouldn't be buzzing 
> all the time ... and not using as much battery.  Can someone on the list 
> say definitively that this is or is not the case?  I *think* I'm getting 
> longer battery life with fglrx, but don't unplug all that often.

A patch to the DRI radeon driver exists, that enables some specific
dynamic power management bits on the chip :

http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/dynamicPM/

Best wishes,
-- 
fabrice