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Date:      Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:07:32 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Jan =?utf-8?Q?Kokem=C3=BCller?= <jan.kokemueller@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Battery life with the latest drm
Message-ID:  <20150206080732.GP41565@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <54D3D119.7030807@gmail.com>
References:  <20150204202733.GN41565@e-new.0x20.net> <54D3D119.7030807@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 09:22:49PM +0100, Jan Kokem=C3=BCller wrote:
>=20
> On 04.02.2015 21:27, Lars Engels wrote:
> > By the way on the X230 (IvyBridge i7) the loader.conf setting
> > "drm.i915.enable_rc6=3D7" makes a huge difference.
> > For some other reason I removed it from loader.conf and
> > hw.acpi.battery.time showed 160 minutes. After re-adding it battery time
> > went up to 230 minutes.
>=20
> I've been using the same setting for a while now and can confirm the=20
> increase of battery life. It also makes a huge difference in fan noise=20
> on my T420.
>=20
> Can you suspend/resume with rc6 on? I had to patch around a deadlock in=
=20
> i915_irq.c: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D183859
> I haven't checked yet if this still occurs after the recent drm import.

Yes, I can suspend and resume several times. I haven't seen a broken s/r
cycle since the latest drm import.

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