[ltp] T41p: APM & ATI fglrx

[Dax Kelson]

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On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 20:58 +0200, Fabrice Bellet wrote:
> Hi!
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> On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:05:10AM -0700, Charles Gillet wrote:
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> > I thought that another reason to use fglrx was because it knew how to=20
> > throttle back the graphics chips so the cooling fan wouldn't be buzzing=
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> > all the time ... and not using as much battery.  Can someone on the lis=
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> > say definitively that this is or is not the case?  I *think* I'm gettin=
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> > longer battery life with fglrx, but don't unplug all that often.
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> A patch to the DRI radeon driver exists, that enables some specific
> dynamic power management bits on the chip :
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> http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/dynamicPM/

There is also new (June 2004) Xorg radeon patches here:

http://www.botchco.com/alex/radeon/hy0/

Doesn't look like those have the power management bits though.

Any idea who Alex is? Any idea if this code will be merged with the
official Xorg tree?

Dax Kelson

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