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Yup, this is increasingly the case. Kernels 3.9.x still have power consumption issues when using suspend/resume on Tx2x (Sandy Bridge) machines. If you managed
by loser777 13y ago
Yup, this is increasingly the case. Kernels 3.9.x still have power consumption issues when using suspend/resume on Tx2x (Sandy Bridge) machines. If you managed to buy a ThinkPad from that generation with "Thinkpad Wireless," good luck getting reliable wireless connectivity, as the binary blob 8188CE drivers are worse than garbage.
As much as people talk about how AMAZING hardware support on linux is, if you want a "just works" experience, the lowest common denominator is usually Intel CPU, Intel Wireless, Intel Graphics.
And that exotic keyboard layout with function keys? Hope you like configuring xbindkeys.
- rodgerd 13y agoUnfortunately Ingo has pretty much shitcanned any efforts to progress power saving support for the forseeable future, so don't expect things to improve.
- taeric 13y agoAny good links to read up on this?
- kryptiskt 13y agoThere's an LWN article: http://lwn.net/Articles/552885/ http://lwn.net/Articles/552885/
- krakensden 13y agoMy impression was that problems with power management on laptops wasn't really about scheduling, more about supporting the billion permutations of OEM firmware and hardware. Yes, it would be nice to have slicker support for things like big.little, but... it doesn't really address the current problems with laptop support.