linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: platform_profile: fix legacy sysfs with multiple handlers

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:58:52 +0100
From: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>
To: Luke Jones <luke@...nes.dev>
Cc: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>,
	"Limonciello, Mario" <mario.limonciello@....com>,
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
 "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
 me@...egospodneti.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: platform_profile: fix legacy sysfs with
 multiple handlers

I will tell you that compared with other manufacturers, when asus says
quiet, they mean quiet and not low power

Z13's quiet mode is 40W, not very low-power if you ask me. Ally X uses
13w+boost, a source of many complaints. Other manufacturers use around
8W for low power modes.

In any case, any rename might break user scripts and there are
actually 3 types of low power profiles:
PLATFORM_PROFILE_COOL
PLATFORM_PROFILE_QUIET
PLATFORM_PROFILE_LOW_POWER

Then, there is also:
PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE

Some ACER laptops implement many of those

Obscuring any of those is not ideal.


Antheas