Linux 6.9 To Support The Power Profile Key On New Lenovo ThinkPads

[markpearson]

Finally an available "any key"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_key

Love it! Thanks for making me smile

[jstoik]

markpearson Is there any chance at getting a boot or config flag to disable the ThinkPad lapmode detection/throttling? The cooling pad I use for my X1 Carbon Gen 8 erroneously/ironically triggers those protections, tanking the laptop's performance. Haha.

(I've been manually patching/building kernels to moot the feature, but it would be nice to not have to do that.)

Thanks!

[markpearson]

Is there any chance at getting a boot or config flag to disable the ThinkPad lapmode detection/throttling? The cooling pad I use for my X1 Carbon Gen 8 erroneously/ironically triggers those protections, tanking the laptop's performance. Haha.

Afraid not - it's a safety feature so last time I asked the FW team about doing this I was given a "no". I did have a long conversation with them about a user who was having trouble with a tilted work surface and seeing this - but that never reached a conclusion and as I recall, that's not supposed to happen. Intrigued how a cooling pad would trigger it?

Mark

[jstoik]

Afraid not - it's a safety feature so last time I asked the FW team about doing this I was given a "no".

Oh well. I was afraid that might be the case. Thanks for confirming!

Intrigued how a cooling pad would trigger it?

The cooling pad is tilted and its fan vibrates a little — or a lot when it's dialed to the max — so I assume it was one or both of those factors. The table I sit at has a bit of wobble to it too, which might further confuse things, and when I'm in a groove, I type hard and fast, adding even more energy to the system.