[Applied][PATCH 0/2][Precise] nouveau: nvidia optimus vga_switcheroo support

Leann Ogasawara leann.ogasawara at canonical.com
Thu Feb 2 20:40:37 UTC 2012


Applied to Precise master-next.

Thanks,
Leann

On Thu, 2012-02-02 at 14:21 -0600, Seth Forshee wrote:
> The following cherry-picks from 3.3 add vga_switcheroo support for
> models with nvidia optimus hybrid graphics. This will allow turning on
> or off the discrete GPU (which is on by default) as desired. On the Asus
> Eee PC 1215N I'm seeing about 3W less power draw with the discrete GPU
> powered off.
> 
> Please consider these patches for precise.
> 
> 
> Peter Lekensteyn (2):
>   nouveau: properly check for _DSM function support
>   nouveau: Support Optimus models for vga_switcheroo
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c  |   79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h   |    2 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c |    1 +
>  3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 






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