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author | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 12:17:53 -0700 |
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committer | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 15:44:42 -0700 |
commit | 9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00 (patch) | |
tree | 1c9cafbcd35f783a87880a10f85d1a060db1a563 /kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/powersave.txt | |
parent | 98260f3884f4a202f9ca5eabed40b1354c489b29 (diff) |
Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as base
Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base.
It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and
the base is:
commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2
Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200
Prepare v4.1.3-rt3
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We
should apply another opnfv project repo in future.
Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423
Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/powersave.txt b/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/powersave.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9657e8099 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/powersave.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +Notes on Power-Saving Mode +========================== + +AC97 and HD-audio drivers have the automatic power-saving mode. +This feature is enabled via Kconfig CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE +and CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE options, respectively. + +With the automatic power-saving, the driver turns off the codec power +appropriately when no operation is required. When no applications use +the device and/or no analog loopback is set, the power disablement is +done fully or partially. It'll save a certain power consumption, thus +good for laptops (even for desktops). + +The time-out for automatic power-off can be specified via power_save +module option of snd-ac97-codec and snd-hda-intel modules. Specify +the time-out value in seconds. 0 means to disable the automatic +power-saving. The default value of timeout is given via +CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT and +CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT Kconfig options. Setting this to 1 +(the minimum value) isn't recommended because many applications try to +reopen the device frequently. 10 would be a good choice for normal +operations. + +The power_save option is exported as writable. This means you can +adjust the value via sysfs on the fly. For example, to turn on the +automatic power-save mode with 10 seconds, write to +/sys/modules/snd_ac97_codec/parameters/power_save (usually as root): + + # echo 10 > /sys/modules/snd_ac97_codec/parameters/power_save + + +Note that you might hear click noise/pop when changing the power +state. Also, it often takes certain time to wake up from the +power-down to the active state. These are often hardly to fix, so +don't report extra bug reports unless you have a fix patch ;-) + +For HD-audio interface, there is another module option, +power_save_controller. This enables/disables the power-save mode of +the controller side. Setting this on may reduce a bit more power +consumption, but might result in longer wake-up time and click noise. +Try to turn it off when you experience such a thing too often. |