Changeset 21a65a3

Timestamp:

04/11/2024 04:50:41 AM (5 weeks ago)

Author:

Rahul Chandra <rahul@…>

Branches:

lazarus, trunk

Children:

e8b98762

Parents:

16f05daf

Message:

Clarify power-profiles-daemon usage

On desktop systems PPD can still be useful for setting CPU governors
and can significantly improve SBU times (nearly 50% on some systems),
with the addition of PPD/Governors to the FAQ, power-profiles-daemon is
now a recommended package for all systems.

Files:

• general/sysutils/power-profiles-daemon.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• gnome/platform/gnome-shell.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• kde/plasma5/plasma-all.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/sysutils/power-profiles-daemon.xml

@@ -34 +34 @@
       that allows modification of the system power/behavior state. This is used on
       many laptops and can be used by a Desktop Environment to activate power saving 
-      or performance CPU governors through dbus.
+      or performance CPU governors through dbus. On other systems, Power-profiles-daemon
+      can be used as a streamlined way to set the CPU governor in order to increase system
+      performance at the cost of energy usage.
     </para>
 
@@ -157 +159 @@
 <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>
+    <para revision="sysv">
       Now, clean up an unneeded systemd unit installed into /tmp:
     </para>

gnome/platform/gnome-shell.xml

@@ -90 +90 @@
       <xref linkend="gst10-plugins-base"/>,
       <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>, and
-      <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/> (for laptops)
+      <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/>
     </para>
 

kde/plasma5/plasma-all.xml

@@ -104 +104 @@
     <xref linkend="oxygen-icons"/>, 
     <xref linkend="pciutils"/>, 
-    <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/> (for laptops), and 
+    <xref linkend="power-profiles-daemon"/>, and 
     the following Python modules: 
       <xref linkend="psutil"/>,