How to enable power saving features for the i915 kernel module?

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According to this post on Arch wiki the i915 kernel module has options which result in significant power savings.



How to "pass" the following options to the i915 kernel module?



enable_fbc=1 enable_psr=1 disable_power_well=0







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    Did you test them? (by putting them on your linux (kernel) line in grub, ie. pressing <E> to edit it, adding them & then press <F10> to boot with those entries added...
    – guiverc
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  • @guiverc That's pretty cool, didn't know about that but followed instructions and the options have been loaded in. Is the correct way to set the options permanently to edit them in /etc/default/grub?
    – Greg
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  • Yep - here is a reference link if you'd like more info (wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters); which includes the useful hint to sudo update-grub to cause re-build your grub file after you've edited.
    – guiverc
    14 hours ago

















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According to this post on Arch wiki the i915 kernel module has options which result in significant power savings.



How to "pass" the following options to the i915 kernel module?



enable_fbc=1 enable_psr=1 disable_power_well=0







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    Did you test them? (by putting them on your linux (kernel) line in grub, ie. pressing <E> to edit it, adding them & then press <F10> to boot with those entries added...
    – guiverc
    16 hours ago










  • @guiverc That's pretty cool, didn't know about that but followed instructions and the options have been loaded in. Is the correct way to set the options permanently to edit them in /etc/default/grub?
    – Greg
    15 hours ago











  • Yep - here is a reference link if you'd like more info (wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters); which includes the useful hint to sudo update-grub to cause re-build your grub file after you've edited.
    – guiverc
    14 hours ago













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According to this post on Arch wiki the i915 kernel module has options which result in significant power savings.



How to "pass" the following options to the i915 kernel module?



enable_fbc=1 enable_psr=1 disable_power_well=0







share|improve this question











According to this post on Arch wiki the i915 kernel module has options which result in significant power savings.



How to "pass" the following options to the i915 kernel module?



enable_fbc=1 enable_psr=1 disable_power_well=0









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    Did you test them? (by putting them on your linux (kernel) line in grub, ie. pressing <E> to edit it, adding them & then press <F10> to boot with those entries added...
    – guiverc
    16 hours ago










  • @guiverc That's pretty cool, didn't know about that but followed instructions and the options have been loaded in. Is the correct way to set the options permanently to edit them in /etc/default/grub?
    – Greg
    15 hours ago











  • Yep - here is a reference link if you'd like more info (wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters); which includes the useful hint to sudo update-grub to cause re-build your grub file after you've edited.
    – guiverc
    14 hours ago













  • 1




    Did you test them? (by putting them on your linux (kernel) line in grub, ie. pressing <E> to edit it, adding them & then press <F10> to boot with those entries added...
    – guiverc
    16 hours ago










  • @guiverc That's pretty cool, didn't know about that but followed instructions and the options have been loaded in. Is the correct way to set the options permanently to edit them in /etc/default/grub?
    – Greg
    15 hours ago











  • Yep - here is a reference link if you'd like more info (wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters); which includes the useful hint to sudo update-grub to cause re-build your grub file after you've edited.
    – guiverc
    14 hours ago








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Did you test them? (by putting them on your linux (kernel) line in grub, ie. pressing <E> to edit it, adding them & then press <F10> to boot with those entries added...
– guiverc
16 hours ago




Did you test them? (by putting them on your linux (kernel) line in grub, ie. pressing <E> to edit it, adding them & then press <F10> to boot with those entries added...
– guiverc
16 hours ago












@guiverc That's pretty cool, didn't know about that but followed instructions and the options have been loaded in. Is the correct way to set the options permanently to edit them in /etc/default/grub?
– Greg
15 hours ago





@guiverc That's pretty cool, didn't know about that but followed instructions and the options have been loaded in. Is the correct way to set the options permanently to edit them in /etc/default/grub?
– Greg
15 hours ago













Yep - here is a reference link if you'd like more info (wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters); which includes the useful hint to sudo update-grub to cause re-build your grub file after you've edited.
– guiverc
14 hours ago





Yep - here is a reference link if you'd like more info (wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters); which includes the useful hint to sudo update-grub to cause re-build your grub file after you've edited.
– guiverc
14 hours ago
















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