Not really, optimus when running is all just done by moving memory objects around, I wrote about it back when I did the initial PRIME code.
You have to keep the integrated gpu on all the time, and power up/down the discrete when needed. Dave. On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Thomas Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > is there any theroretical background of the design to get involved ? > > Am 21.12.2010 12:03, schrieb Dave Airlie: >> >> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Martin Juhl<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I just got a thought.. or maybe more of a question... >>> >>> >>> >>> I hear that some Optimus enabled laptops have some kind of a pre-windows >>> 7 >>> compability mode in the BIOS... >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anyone have an idea how this is archived on the hardware side??? >>> >> >> Its the same as the pre-optimus hw, most of the pre-optimus announced >> hw could actually support optimus as well since its mostly a sw soln. >> >> Dave. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
