Intel Adding Linux Idle Driver Support For Alder Lake

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Intel Adding Linux Idle Driver Support For Alder Lake

16 April 2022, 07:30 AM

Phoronix: Intel Adding Linux Idle Driver Support For Alder Lake

While Intel Alder Lake has been out for roughly a half-year now and has been working out well on Linux particularly with v5.16+ kernels, the "intel_idle" driver for CPU idle time management hasn't supported these latest Intel desktop/mobile processors but now there is that support on the way for possible power-savings benefits...

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18 April 2022, 09:50 AM

Why is the power impact of this so marginal that they didn't bother until now... Is it even measurable?
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