Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:47:09 -0800 From: Mark Peek <mp@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org Cc: Dudley Innocent <dudleyi@yahoo.com>, Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org> Subject: Re: [LDWG] Power & Performance Lead? Message-ID: <CAGGgMJeLtG=CE3SNCY5RjLpZTbnH-wZj43=SxgvFKvMCrGCUsg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0566bdf3-ef22-76ff-4cc6-84c24c8d54a6@ny-central.org> References: <37ebb2ad-832f-4ba8-8907-af9b7a113e64.ref@yahoo.com> <37ebb2ad-832f-4ba8-8907-af9b7a113e64@yahoo.com> <0566bdf3-ef22-76ff-4cc6-84c24c8d54a6@ny-central.org>
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--0000000000009a85ac062c9eb6d5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 7:09=E2=80=AFAM Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org= > wrote: > Hi Dudley, > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, Dudley Innocent wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > Noticed in the web call that "Performance & Power" is a want/need, but > there > > is little interest in leading it. Not sure why that is (by stander > effect?), > > but I do not mind throwing a few hours towards the concept. Out of my > depth, > > so are there any friendly headings on what to start with? None of the > items in > > the worksheet are prioritized. > > You're certainly welcome to add your name as you see fit! Admittedly, it'= s > probably one of the bigger challenges. > > > > > Hoping for input, > > Unless anyone has additional insights, here's my two cents: there are > likely various ways to address this "area or interest". > > It may be a good starting point to raise that topic during the next call > and look into organizing a subgroup of people to develop this forward, > unless we manage to rally people through the mailing list. > > Right now, it's mixing a few things together. It may also be helpful to > split or focus it a bit more: right now I can identify at least four > topics (there may be more?): > > * performance, i.e. making use of p- and e-cores > * power management, reducing power draw > * improving the scheduler to be more responsive for user-centric > workloads > * suspend/resume improvements - may require clarification (may have > a strong dependency to drm-kmod, but I'm not sure about it) > Also, there are the issues open in the FreeBSD Foundation repo for further investigation/work. For example: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues?q=3Dis%3Aissue%20st= ate%3Aopen%20label%3APower Mark --0000000000009a85ac062c9eb6d5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 7:09=E2=80=AFAM C= hris Moerz <<a href=3D"mailto:freebsd@ny-central.org">freebsd@ny-central= .org</a>> wrote:</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l= eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Dudley,<br> <br> On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, Dudley Innocent wrote:<br> <br> > Greetings,<br> ><br> > Noticed in the web call that "Performance & Power" is a = want/need, but there<br> > is little interest in leading it.=C2=A0 Not sure why that is (by stand= er effect?),<br> > but I do not mind throwing a few hours towards the concept.=C2=A0 Out = of my depth,<br> > so are there any friendly headings on what to start with? None of the = items in<br> > the worksheet are prioritized.<br> <br> You're certainly welcome to add your name as you see fit! Admittedly, i= t's<br> probably one of the bigger challenges.<br> <br> ><br> > Hoping for input,<br> <br> Unless anyone has additional insights, here's my two cents: there are<b= r> likely various ways to address this "area or interest".<br> <br> It may be a good starting point to raise that topic during the next call<br= > and look into organizing a subgroup of people to develop this forward,<br> unless we manage to rally people through the mailing list.<br> <br> Right now, it's mixing a few things together. It may also be helpful to= <br> split or focus it a bit more: right now I can identify at least four<br> topics (there may be more?):<br> <br> =C2=A0* performance, i.e. making use of p- and e-cores<br> =C2=A0* power management, reducing power draw<br> =C2=A0* improving the scheduler to be more responsive for user-centric<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0workloads<br> =C2=A0* suspend/resume improvements - may require clarification (may have<b= r> =C2=A0 =C2=A0a strong dependency to drm-kmod, but I'm not sure about it= )<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Also, there are the issues open in th= e FreeBSD Foundation repo for further investigation/work. For example:</div= ><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-l= aptop/issues?q=3Dis%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3APower">https://github.= com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop/issues?q=3Dis%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20la= bel%3APower</a></div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div></div></div> --0000000000009a85ac062c9eb6d5--
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