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Linux 6.18 Adding A New Power Savings Option For The Intel Graphics Driver
Queued up into DRM-Next is a last batch of Intel Xe kernel graphics driver improvements ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window that is expected to begin next week
Queued up into DRM-Next is a last batch of Intel Xe kernel graphics driver improvements ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window that is expected to begin next week. We've seen Intel work on SLPC power management enhancements in the past and this latest addition for Linux 6.18 lets users adjust the state by reading/writing to the "slpc_power_profile" under the DRM sysfs entries. Digging through the patch, some code comments further explain this functionality:"Single Loop Power Control (SLPC) is a GuC algorithm that manages GT frequency based on busyness and how KMD initializes it.
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