Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:50:12 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Bartek Krawczyk <bbartlomiej.mail@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Nvidia Optimus - disabling nvidia card, issuing ACPI calls. Message-ID: <502F7364.1070005@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAFp_H4sEOWmYnLGMEk1=sEpOa6O7=Lz4PnHpfwDFNj0jDWo-mA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFp_H4sEOWmYnLGMEk1=sEpOa6O7=Lz4PnHpfwDFNj0jDWo-mA@mail.gmail.com>
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on 16/08/2012 19:42 Bartek Krawczyk said the following: > Hello. I have an Asus U36JC laptop which has two graphic cards (NVIDIA > Optimus technology): an Intel integrated card and GeForce 310M. To > save power on Linux I use acpi_call module to disable nvidia card > completely. This acpi_call module > (https://github.com/mkottman/acpi_call) enables an interface to pass > ACPI methods. Then when I issue > > echo '\_SB.PCI0.PEG1.GFX0._OFF' > /proc/acpi/call > > I'm disabling the nvidia card. Is something like that possible with > FreeBSD? Please check sysutils/acpi_call port. > I'd like to use it on my laptop, but unfortunately it gets too > hot when both Intel and Nvidia card are powered on. > > Are there any plans on supporting nvidia optimus? Or at least an > option to disable the nvidia card and use the intel one? -- Andriy Gapon
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