Daniel Roschka

@YongxinJackGuo This repository isn't for distribution specific help. Aside from that this is a completely different problem than this issue is about and the reason is very likely that Ubuntu...

> I have serious doubts about the 10 hours battery life claim. Maybe when you browse static pages, but modern html5 with a lot of embedded Js consumes a lot...

Regarding power saving modes of the SSD I noticed some entries in the DSDT, which relate to that. The current efforts to enable the Linux kernel to read Apples `_DSM`-properties...

> Linux doesn't power down the Thunderbolt controllers currently. Each consumes about 2 Watt, that's 4 Watt out the window on models with two controllers. Might be obvious, but does...

Interesting read, thanks for sharing. Especially [PATCH v4 26/27](https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2525709.html) is interesting. Some quotes: > Host NVM upgrade on Apple Macs is not supported. No candy for us 😢 > Note...

> Linux doesn't power down the Thunderbolt controllers currently. Each consumes about 2 Watt, that's 4 Watt out the window on models with two controllers. > > I have a...

Today I made an interesting observation: I noticed the CPU package only goes into the `C3 (pch3)` power mode and not into deeper power saving modes. The individual CPUs do,...

Nowadays I'm able to get down to ~7W. Doesn't really help though, as that's with e.g. the display backlight at its minimum, so it's no setup one can work with.

:drum: I figured out what's preventing the CPU package to reach deeper power states: It's just the missing power management for the Thunderbolt controllers. More specifically they need to have...

Thanks for this awesome LWN article @l1k. Very good read. :+1: As your previous comment regarding ASPM puzzled me, I did a few more tests and it turned out that...