More advanced power savings (rev. the DPMS extension).

[Alex Deucher]

On 7/31/06, Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 15:41 -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
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> > Would it make sense to use the chip's built in standy timer (somehow
> > linked to the DPMS timer) or just explicitly enable or disable standby
> > mode when we handle DPMS events?  Some chips may have more fine
> > grained control over which parts of the chip get shutdown when they
> > you may want to kick in before a DPMS event (like auto-shutdown of
> > FIFOs or the overlay when you aren't using it).  I suppose they could
> > be done as driver specific options.
>
> I think any of this detail level should be hidden inside the driver and
> not exposed at all; is there any user-visible change to the screen here?
>

No change to the screen.

Alex

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