Intel Low Power Mode Daemon v0.0.8 Brings New Features

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Low Power Mode Daemon v0.0.8 Brings New Features

The open-source Intel Low Power Mode Daemon (LPMD) software is out with a new release for optimizing active idle power on modern Intel Core systems under Linux. The Intel LPMD daemon is able to configure the system depending upon workload, utilization, and other hints for delivering the most power efficient cores and behavior of the processor...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Low-Power-LPMD-0.0.8

[fitzie]

low power is just one strategy, but there are times you want the opposite strategy. what's the name of that tool?

[FPScholten]

low power is just one strategy, but there are times you want the opposite strategy. what's the name of that tool?

Intel P-state with performance governor in combination with energy_perf_bias set to 0 and energy_performance_preference set to performance
Most of this can be done with the cpupower tool that is part of the kernel tools.

[berend]

Does this thing work? The power management on my Mac is just astonishing. Even S3 sleep doesn't work on my HP zbook firefly (at least not out of the box). My Mac just seems to have battery forever.