[Intel-gfx] power usage increased from 2.6.32.x to 2.6.31.4

[Li Peng]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 06:34:11PM +0000, Pedro Ribeiro wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just wanted to share my experience - I've realized that when my
> laptop is idle (blank screensaver) the power usage jumped 2w from
> 2.6.32.x to 2.6.32.4.
> Before I was getting 10w idle, now im getting around 12w.
> 
> My chipset is a GM45.
> 
> Is this normal and expected?
> 
> Thanks for your patience,
>
This could be caused by commit "drm/i915: remove render reclock support"
in 2.6.32.4, which disables render reclock support, thus idle power usage
is up.

> Pedro
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