[ltp] X220 power tricks with 3.2 kernel

Rubin Abdi linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:32:24 -0700


$ uname -a
Linux lines 3.2.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 23 02:45:17 UTC 2012 x86_64
GNU/Linux

Currently I'm using i915.i915_enable_rc6=1 which gave me about a 20% -
30% boost in battery performance. Recently with some dist-upgrade I
haven't seen that sort of boost as often (or just haven't been paying
attention).

Anyhow, anyone got any new kernel options to squeeze out more power?

-- 
Rubin
rubin@starset.net