On Tue, 9 Dec 2025 at 07:27, Austin Shafer <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the default behavior I believe it does. The reason for it is that > the VT switch path triggers the driver to save app contexts and video > memory and the like, so historically (on Linux too) having the VT > switch triggered that shared path to get things ready before doing > the suspend. > > I don't think I've tested with turning that off, I'm not sure exactly > why you'd want to. I haven't heard of that sysctl actually.
I've been using it until recently because an i915 bug broke acceleration after VT switch out/switch back. -adrian
