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Commit 3723e2d2 authored by Takashi Iwai's avatar Takashi Iwai Committed by Jaroslav Kysela
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[ALSA] Add description about power-saving mode



Added the description about power-saving mode on AC97 and HD-audio drivers.

Signed-off-by: default avatarTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
parent 7a5a27cf
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@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
		codecs (for debugging only)
    enable_msi	- Enable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) (default = off)
    power_save	- Automatic power-saving timtout (in second, 0 =
		disable, default = 10)
		disable)
    power_save_controller - Reset HD-audio controller in power-saving mode
		(default = on)

@@ -1024,11 +1024,8 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
    subsystem ID (output of "lspci -nv") to ALSA BTS or alsa-devel
    ML (see the section "Links and Addresses").

    When CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE is set, two options, power_save and
    power_save_controller become available.  power_save specifies the
    time to turn off the power automatically at idle status.  When
    power_save_controller is true, the controller is also turned off.
    This might result in more obvious click noise at turning on/off.
    power_save and power_save_controller options are for power-saving
    mode.  See powersave.txt for details.

    Note 2: If you get click noises on output, try the module option
	    position_fix=1 or 2.  position_fix=1 will use the SD_LPIB
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Notes on Power-Saving Mode
==========================

AC97 and HD-audio drivers have the automatic power-saving mode.
This feature is enabled via Kconfig CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE
and CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE options, respectively.

With the automatic power-saving, the driver turns off the codec power
appropriately when no operation is required.  When no applications use
the device and/or no analog loopback is set, the power disablement is
done fully or partially.  It'll save a certain power consumption, thus
good for laptops (even for desktops).

The time-out for automatic power-off can be specified via power_save
module option of snd-ac97-codec and snd-hda-intel modules.  Specify
the time-out value in seconds.  0 means to disable the automatic
power-saving.  The default value of timeout is given via
CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT and
CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT Kconfig options.  Setting this to 1
(the minimum value) isn't recommended because many applications try to
reopen the device frequently.  10 would be a good choice for normal
operations.

The power_save option is exported as writable.  This means you can
adjust the value via sysfs on the fly.  For example, to turn on the
automatic power-save mode with 10 seconds, write to
/sys/modules/snd_ac97_codec/parameters/power_save (usually as root):

	# echo 10 > /sys/modules/snd_ac97_codec/parameters/power_save


Note that you might hear click noise/pop when changing the power
state.  Also, it often takes certain time to wake up from the
power-down to the active state.  These are often hardly to fix, so
don't report extra bug reports unless you have a fix patch ;-)

For HD-audio interface, there is another module option,
power_save_controller.  This enables/disables the power-save mode of
the controller side.  Setting this on may reduce a bit more power
consumption, but might result in longer wake-up time and click noise.
Try to turn it off when you experience such a thing too often.