On Thu, 2020-11-05 at 19:02 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, November 5, 2020 4:08:30 PM CET Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-11-05 at 15:31 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Monday, November 2, 2020 7:18:41 AM CET Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > > > > > Desktop box did, it gained a working ondemand, while its previously > > > > working powersave went broke. > > > > > > Most likely that's because it was handled by intel_pstate in the "active" > > > mode > > > previously, while it is now handled by it in the "passive" mode... > > > > Perhaps the user interface should then nak switching to powersave as it > > used to nak switching to ondemand? > > It cannot do that if the powersave governor is configured in. > > [Essentially, the problem is that the "powersave" thing advertised by > intel_pstate in the "active" mode is not really the powersave governor, > but that is a mistake made in the past and cannot be undone. Sorry about > that.]
Hohum. A little unfortunate, but it probably only affects a few aging boxen like mine, and I now know better that to ever again do that.
